From: fooler mail <[email protected]> Date: 05/03/2009 18:46 >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/24/persistent_bios_rootkits/ > > Very interesting and scary!
> just always prepare for your bios firmware file and reprogram the bios > before you reinstall the server... with a UPS of course :-> [SNIPPED] > now there is a space in the programmable bios... we will see their > creativity and prepare for the defense.... One way to deal with it is EFI with TPM, wherein the TPM module will refuse to boot your EFI firmware if the firmware is unsigned or already tampered. There aren't a lot of PCs/workstations/servers with this kind of setup though. _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
