Re: AFS - The Ultimate Sulution?

[Siim Põder <windo () p6drad-teel net>]

Yo!

Paul Sebastian Ziegler wrote:
> Thats a good point. Since the loader is part of the workstation it
> should be possible to swap it with full system-control.
> But what if this loader would also be taken from another server - say by
> using Netboot or something similar? Then it would be out of the reach of
> even root.

Is it possible to update BIOS memory from outside of BIOS? If so, then
it would be possible to turn netboot off after compromising root.

Siim Põder

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