[coreboot] BadBIOS Thoughts

Alex mr.nuke.me at gmail.com
Sun Nov 3 20:47:15 CET 2013


On 11/02/2013 01:57 PM, ron minnich wrote:
> [...]  If you really want a system you
> can trust a bit more, get a Chromebook. The amount of work done in
> Chromebooks to protect it is extensive and extends beyond the 386
> firmware to the ME and the EC and even aspects of the IO devices.
>
I'm sorry Ron, but you're just asking me to take your word for it. I 
can't do that. There's more secret code running on a Chromebook's 
firmware than there is free code. In fact, I would argue, most code 
where attack vectors could hide is secret. It's a foul's paradise.

Alex




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