▲ 433 ▼ Code-execution flaw in UEFI firmware affects most servers on planet Earth (arstechnica.com) submitted 2 weeks ago by fubarx@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 98 comments fedilink hide all child comments 😳
[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 6 points 2 weeks ago (4 children) How ironic. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SHY_TUCKER@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 weeks ago (3 children) Is it really ironic though? Personally, I never believed UEFI's primary purpose had anything to do with security. "Linux is a cancer", remember? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) UEFI was based on Intel’s earlier EFI. In 2005, the UEFI Forum was formed to develop it from there. Microsoft was just one company involved in the development of UEFI. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SHY_TUCKER@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 week ago Am I a conspiracy theorist here? MS was just one vote of many parties creating UEFI? They, as dedicated, equal stakeholders were committed to the idea that any abstraction, complexity, or cost of integration of the technology must only be created for the sole purpose of empowering the hardware owner to have a more secure device? permalink fedilink source parent [–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 4 points 2 weeks ago Yeah, I know, I know. Let me amend that to "ironic given the stated aims". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SHY_TUCKER@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 weeks ago (3 children) Is it really ironic though? Personally, I never believed UEFI's primary purpose had anything to do with security. "Linux is a cancer", remember? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) UEFI was based on Intel’s earlier EFI. In 2005, the UEFI Forum was formed to develop it from there. Microsoft was just one company involved in the development of UEFI. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SHY_TUCKER@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 week ago Am I a conspiracy theorist here? MS was just one vote of many parties creating UEFI? They, as dedicated, equal stakeholders were committed to the idea that any abstraction, complexity, or cost of integration of the technology must only be created for the sole purpose of empowering the hardware owner to have a more secure device? permalink fedilink source parent [–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 4 points 2 weeks ago Yeah, I know, I know. Let me amend that to "ironic given the stated aims". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) UEFI was based on Intel’s earlier EFI. In 2005, the UEFI Forum was formed to develop it from there. Microsoft was just one company involved in the development of UEFI. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SHY_TUCKER@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 week ago Am I a conspiracy theorist here? MS was just one vote of many parties creating UEFI? They, as dedicated, equal stakeholders were committed to the idea that any abstraction, complexity, or cost of integration of the technology must only be created for the sole purpose of empowering the hardware owner to have a more secure device? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SHY_TUCKER@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 week ago Am I a conspiracy theorist here? MS was just one vote of many parties creating UEFI? They, as dedicated, equal stakeholders were committed to the idea that any abstraction, complexity, or cost of integration of the technology must only be created for the sole purpose of empowering the hardware owner to have a more secure device? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 4 points 2 weeks ago Yeah, I know, I know. Let me amend that to "ironic given the stated aims". permalink fedilink source parent