UEFI bootkit

Mikkel L. Ellertson mellertson at gmail.com
Thu Sep 20 01:27:22 UTC 2012


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On 09/19/2012 06:43 PM, JD wrote:
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> The question I have is, can the buyer simply choose NOT to
> use uefi (i.e. blow it off the system) and boot any OS of choice
> which will not insist on the presence of any UEFI?
> I think the answer to this question is more important as it provides
> an "opt-out" choice to the consumer.
>
>

If I understand things correctly, UEFI takes the place of the BIOS,
so you have to use UEFI to boot. So it would be blowing off the
BIOS. Would it be possible to replace the stock UEFI with an open
source version like you can replace the stock BIOS with an open
source version on some motherboards? That may be something to look
into. I am not sure what hoops you have to jump through to
change/upgrade the UEFI image...

Mikkel
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