On 04/11/2013 01:59 AM, Thomas Renninger wrote:
>
>>> Is this "cryptographically authenticated by the CPU itself" thing
>>> documented
>>> somewhere so that security people can double check that it is really
>>> secure?
>>
>> X86 SDM defines that the second part of microcode update is the encrypted
>> data.
>
> Again, I doubt it is allowed to bypass UEFI authentication with arbitrary,
> vendor specific authentication checks.
>
What does that even mean in this context?
-hpa
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