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* Support to encrypted block devices/volumes
* Support to encrypted block devices/volumes


== RAM wiping ==
[[Bayou]] / [[coreinfo]] based "BIOS password" feature, using SHA-1 hashes stored in NVRAM or the (flash) ROM chip.
 
Coreboot can be full-secure solution for your hardware, without this issues, which have "legacy" BIOS:
 
== Current BIOS issues ==
 
=== RAM wiping ===


* http://citp.princeton.edu/memory/
* http://citp.princeton.edu/memory/
* [[Coreinfo]] as demo payload for coreboot, [http://www.coreboot.org/images/3/3d/Coreinfo_ramdump.jpg showing your RAM contents after a cold boot].
* [[Coreinfo]] as demo payload for coreboot, [http://www.coreboot.org/images/3/3d/Coreinfo_ramdump.jpg showing your RAM contents after a cold boot].


== SMI issues ==
=== SMI issues ===


* http://www.ssi.gouv.fr/fr/sciences/fichiers/lti/cansecwest2006-duflot.pdf
* http://www.ssi.gouv.fr/fr/sciences/fichiers/lti/cansecwest2006-duflot.pdf
* http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/coreboot/ticket/42
* http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/coreboot/ticket/42


== ATA issues ==
=== ATA issues ===


* http://coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2005-May/011686.html
* http://coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2005-May/011686.html
* http://www.heise.de/ct/english/05/08/172/
* http://www.heise.de/ct/english/05/08/172/


== BIOS password feature ==
=== Firewire issues ===
 
* [[Bayou]] / [[coreinfo]] based "BIOS password" feature, using SHA-1 hashes stored in NVRAM or the (flash) ROM chip.
 
== Firewire issues ==


* http://md.hudora.de/presentations/firewire/
* http://md.hudora.de/presentations/firewire/
* http://www.hermann-uwe.de/blog/physical-memory-attacks-via-firewire-dma-part-1-overview-and-mitigation
* http://www.hermann-uwe.de/blog/physical-memory-attacks-via-firewire-dma-part-1-overview-and-mitigation


== TPM issues ==
=== TPM issues ===


* http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/coreboot/ticket/49
* http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/coreboot/ticket/49

Revision as of 15:14, 15 May 2010

This page explains how coreboot can help with various security aspects of your system, compared to closed-source, legacy BIOS/EFI/firmware implementations.

This page is work in progress!

Common security features

  • Boot password (like BIOS password)
  • RAM wiping after each boot
  • Signature verification - to boot from payload only signing images
  • Support to encrypted block devices/volumes

Bayou / coreinfo based "BIOS password" feature, using SHA-1 hashes stored in NVRAM or the (flash) ROM chip.

Coreboot can be full-secure solution for your hardware, without this issues, which have "legacy" BIOS:

Current BIOS issues

RAM wiping

SMI issues

ATA issues

Firewire issues

TPM issues