Linux Foundation' Linux workstation security checklist

Tue Sep 1 03:08:41 PDT 2015

On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 07:33:24PM -0700, coderman wrote:
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> building your own BIOS images, signing your own bootstraps, is "not offer much"?
> 
> you're wrong and these are incredibly useful security measures.
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They protect against trojanized (off the shelf) BIOS.

If an adversary has sufficient supply of application and
root sploits, how much they will protect you?

Instead of rootkit they will root you every boot IMHO.