Stefan Reinauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> * Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070530 15:18]:
>> IOW, no matter who the keys belong to, the problem is there's a component in
>> the hardware I paid for that is hostile to me, which contains keys that I
>> cannot retrieve (good, because of security), and refuses to use the keys on
>> anything I want it to (bad, because it's inherently an abusive tool).
>
> You do not need a TPM based system. Todays BIOSes prohibit flashing
> anything not signed by the vendor using SMI and hardware lockdown
> mechanisms. You are locked out already, even though you might not care
> or know yet.

That sounds terrible.  How do you deal with this for LinuxBIOS?
--
Marco



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