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Posted Wednesday 25th March 2009 04:22 GMT
Eddie Johnson
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This one is simple

It really is time to bring back a hardware write protect switch. It shouldn't be a big deal because Average Joe doesn't ever have a reason to update his BIOS. The advanced users who do will figure it out.

Oh, and code signing. BIOS images should be signed. Not just the package you download over the interweb but the actual image on the flash/EEPROM.

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