Re: Red Hat Will Pay Microsoft To Get Past UEFI Restrictions

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> Typically you would only be able to manage the keys via the UEFI 
> firmware UI, only accessible at boot time.  Now of course an attack can 

UEFI doesn't define UI. Which is a problem for getting any kind of sanity
here

> be mounted against the firmware, but these are often set up to only 
> initialize the minimum hardware necessary to run the boot loader.  I 
> don't think you can reduce the attack surface much more than that, and 
> it's a good thing to keep it contained.

Correct. Any arrangement like this needs physical proof of presence. The
disabling of the "secure" mode likewise. A similar example is the switch
on the Chromebook - you can't software flip it.

Alan
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