>> Can anyone give me the instructions necessaries to dump the bios of my PC. >> So that I’m sure while using Qubes that I’m safe? >> Best regards >> Leonardo > > How exactly would dumping the bios make sure you're safe? >
You don't need to dump it to be safe. Qubes "shields" you from buggy bios so you don't care if it has an exploitable vulnerability. you only need to worry about supply chain attacks (you buy a new pc with backdoored bios). but again you don't need to worry about that, instead focus your efforts in automatizing opening links and email attachments in the correct vm (micah flee has made a tutorial for that). if you really want to dump the bios for fun or learn new things here is my expirence: you can use arduino or a raspberry pi (of course you can also buy a programmer but they cost more). depending on the spi flash model and pc model you might need a power adapter: arduino is 5V raspberry is 3,3V spi flash are usually 3,3V but some are 1,8V (and you will burn them if you attach 3,3V) you might need to desolder the chip to be able to read it. again, i think you should focus on other things. Qubes OS is a security oriented os but this doesn't mean that everyone must come out with the most strange attacks... think about simpler one and stop them, noone is going to backdoor your bios, and if it has unfixed bugs you don't care thanks to Qubes. if you/someone wants more detailed info about bios dumping i'll be happy to help but i think it's a bit off topic and an overkill. -- 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/18ff79bb-f6d9-3fe2-f650-f6d12aee758c%40posteo.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
