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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.jp/@landley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>landley</span></a></span> yeah, basically I'm looking for a stage 1 thingy that BIOS can see as bootable device and that allows to do the usual <em>"yeet kernel+initramfs into ram and floor it"</em>.</p><ul><li>Kinda <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BootROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BootROM</span></a>"</em> similar to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OptionROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OptionROM</span></a>|s... </li></ul><p>Worst-case I could just look for some sort of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SATA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SATA</span></a>-DOM / -Board that offers a hardware write protection or can do <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/readonly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>readonly</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Flash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Flash</span></a> instead...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Yes. <a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-engineers-linux-patch-would-alert-users-of-outdated-microcode-flagging-the-system-as-vulnerable" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">this</a> is a good thing for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a> to let end-users know if their system runs <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/outdated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outdated</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/vulnerable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vulnerable</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microcode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microcode</span></a> <em>and</em> have <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> update it.</p><ul><li>OFC this can't fix the systemic issues <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ix86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ix86</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/amd64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amd64</span></a> have, but I do think this is such a vital thing that I do want to integrate it into <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> as having some low-level diagnostics and means to fix things is literally the point of said distro!</li></ul><p>Consider it a more streamlined "Rescue Linux" which is intended to be <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/reprpduceable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reprpduceable</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/auditable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auditable</span></a> and small enough to fit on a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BootROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BootROM</span></a>! </p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Intel</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Updates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Updates</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>In fact I'd love to see someone actually implement <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> as a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BootROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BootROM</span></a> [or like a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/readonly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>readonly</span></a> - <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/eMMC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eMMC</span></a> for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ThinClient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThinClient</span></a> if not <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EEPROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EEPROM</span></a>] so it can be <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIEPqD4luG8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the fastest booting</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> machine...</p>
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