-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On Sat, Aug 06, 2016 at 11:49:09PM +0100, Stephen Moreno wrote: > On 08/02/2016 09:55 PM, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote: > > > > > I think it doesn't really matter from security point of view. Either > > legacy or UEFI BIOS can contain bugs fatal to the system security. > > > > On the other hand, many UEFI BIOSes contains bugs affecting Qubes OS. > > Legacy BIOSes also have bugs, but those are much older and already have > > workarounds in Xen/Linux. > > In addition, Anti Evil Maid (which can detect some firmware > > modifications) isn't compatible with UEFI. > > In short: choose legacy BIOS (or at least a BIOS with legacy boot mode), > > for better Qubes OS support. > > > > - -- > > Best Regards, > > Marek Marczykowski-Górecki > > Invisible Things Lab > > > > Hi Marek, > > Thanks for your reply. > > After some further research it looks like my choice for an AM3 board is > either: > older 760G chipset with legacy BIOS but no IOMMU > OR > newer 970 chipset with IOMMU but also a UEFI BIOS > > I would be really interested in your views regarding this choice. Which > option would you go for? > (I will need to use bluetooth with this system, in case that sways you > towards a board with IOMMU.)
Yes, go for the one with IOMMU. - -- Best Regards, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki Invisible Things Lab A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEbBAEBCAAGBQJXpz6yAAoJENuP0xzK19csA5EH9R1GSFwWFPX9AGj1j4Oxk7ru l54iIL9OvZwclfGbA3cYr9mKlzhaX9uFSLCTKokY5WZoXWse3sWSOCe419J8OAYK fzG6oQm/O4NOsv+HpErJipmAjolhNED1jExzIYQUDBkPb1FTQPW3yoY7Dkf4hWEt 9dCwsObggwsvJCYpb0Xf8WF9HcWRvQp9ZVe5p2A8QtnU1NR/bf16ApgozQczv9D6 e1MoO6GMBQ/xijYksXQpExbpqHT02AAwab7kC3B8NrhNr0uB3PEhqpb/qmUzhhsA 8R7f2wWRpFlKfkOEkV6y9rl1cYQNPnDNUl/mCJs6sShUp1PBqlI36JwwHb4DDw== =zg97 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/20160807135912.GG32095%40mail-itl. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
