Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 02 Mar 2002 04:03:14 +0100 | From | eddantes@wanadoo ... | Subject | Re: SSSCA: We're in trouble now |
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Neale Banks wrote:
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> All too true. However, given the quality of BIOS code we have seen > over the years, the thought of your average BIOS programmer > implementing cryptographic techniques does provide some amusement > ;-)
PnP crypto? I'd love to see it. :) That could actually be used somehow as some sort of pseudo-random generator, given the legendary oh-so-predictable behaviour of most BIOSes, even in normal circumstances... :D
> Any chance of any manafacturers open-sourcing their BIOS?
Uhmm... Odds: 1 in <buffer overflow> Considering that they seem to see BIOSes as the easiest way to hide hardware design mistakes, they probably wont.
OTOH, why not sticking Linux straight into BIOS flash chips? Have a look here (sorry if you already knew): http://www.linuxbios.org/ http://freebios.sourceforge.net/
Or just implement an OpenFirmware BIOS (that's cool! :)? http://www.freiburg.linux.de/openbios/
> Regards, Neale.
All hope is not lost! ;)
Have fun. /Dantes
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