Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI): New Computers Will Boot in Seconds
October 4th, 2010I wonder what surveillance hell lurks inside this…
Via: Daily Tech:
Microsoft reportedly plans to unleash a new PC firmware interface called Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) in 2011.
Microsoft is rumored to be coming out with the successor to Windows 7 next year, dubbed “Windows.NEXT”. That successor may support the new interface.
While UEFI is primarily the work of Intel, the world’s biggest CPU maker, it is Microsoft which largely controls when UEFI mass deployment will become a reality. Motherboard makers will also play a key role, by deploying motherboards with flashed support for the new tech.
In a recent interview with BBC News, Mark Doran the head of the UEFI forum, the organization tasked with developing and deploying the new firmware technology, comments, “At the moment it can be 25-30 seconds of boot time before you see the first bit of OS sign-on. With UEFI we’re getting it under a handful of seconds. In terms of boot speed, we’re not at instant-on yet but it is already a lot better than conventional Bios can manage, and we’re getting closer to that every day.”
The master DLL for encryption and other security functions within Windows has apparently been backdoored for a long time…
Making the computer boot faster isn’t going to give them any more advantage than they already have.
One of many articles on the subject.
http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/5/5263/1.html
Open source is the only way to solve this.
The other biggest vulnerability everyone has is to anti-virus software. Can you think of a more perfect cover? You download it, it scans every file on your computer, communicates with a remote host multiple times per day, and it’s supposed to protect you.
If I had NSAs unlimited budget, I would simply acquire or infiltrate the largest anti-virus companies.
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