fubarx@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 hours agoCode-execution flaw in UEFI firmware affects most servers on planet Eartharstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square65linkfedilinkarrow-up1345arrow-down17file-text
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minus-squareSHY_TUCKER@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·19 hours agoIs it really ironic though? Personally, I never believed UEFI’s primary purpose had anything to do with security. “Linux is a cancer”, remember?
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·17 hours agoUEFI 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.
minus-squarexxce2AAb@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·19 hours agoYeah, I know, I know. Let me amend that to “ironic given the stated aims”.
Is it really ironic though? Personally, I never believed UEFI’s primary purpose had anything to do with security. “Linux is a cancer”, remember?
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.
Yeah, I know, I know. Let me amend that to “ironic given the stated aims”.