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The Boot Process - Sequence of Events, Boot Integrity Checks, and BitLocker OS Volume Encryption
Apologies if any of these questions have been answered previously. Also, apologies for the sheer number of questions asked here. I've done some digging, and have been unable to find a good resource ...
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In a secure boot bootloader chain, does a bootloader image contain the RootCA certificate of the next bootloader?
This is coming from Qualcomm's Secure Boot explanation. https://www.qualcomm.com/content/dam/qcomm-martech/dm-assets/documents/secure-boot-image-authentication_11.30.16.pdf Within it, it explains that ...
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How do you boot from the network using https?
How do you boot a Linux live image from a CDN using Https as boot protocol? The reason for netbooting using a CDN would be to start fresh with a non persistent operating system image. Booting fresh ...
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Is it possible to allow only a certain secure USB boot media to boot an UEFI system?
I want to restrict all USB boot media from my system, except for a certain USB boot drive that I declare secure via a certain key. Is this possible using UEFI/Secure Boot/TPM? Maybe via TPM? TPM gets ...
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Is grub implementation of secure boot inherently flawed?
Definitions Grub is the second stage bootloader often found in Linux distributions. shim is the first bootloader ran by the ROM firmware. It is signed by Microsoft. ROM firmware is the code embedded ...
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What's stopping someone from copying my HDD/SSD?
Let's say I have to leave my computer unattended and turned off for a while with some strangers, is it possible for someone to clone my HDD and SSD data?
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Understanding Secure Boot
I'm trying to understand the secure boot process of an OS but there are few points I can't wrap my head around. At a high level, afaik, secure boot ensures that the loaded OS is authenticated by its ...
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Why authenticated boot not Secure boot?
Context: Secure boot is one of the important elements of Trusted Computing in computer system. One variety of the Secure boot is authenticated boot. While secure boot prevent the boot of a non trusted ...
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