[qubes-users] Re: Is a legacy BIOS preferable to UEFI for a secure system?

2016-08-06 Thread Stephen Moreno
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

[qubes-users] Is a legacy BIOS preferable to UEFI for a secure system?

2016-07-31 Thread Stephen Moreno
Hi, I'm looking to build a new desktop system for Qubes. In an ideal world I would use a motherboard with a Libreboot open source BIOS, however this is currently not practical. I am therefore intending to use a motherboard with an AMD AM3 chipset, to at least avoid the AMD PSP and Intel ME