February 2020
Intermediate to advanced
666 pages
15h 45m
English
Content preview from Mastering Linux Security and Hardening - Second Edition
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Securely configuring BIOS/UEFI
This topic is different from anything we've looked at thus far because it has nothing to do with the operating system. Rather, we're now going to talk about the computer hardware.
Every computer motherboard has either a BIOS or a UEFI chip, which stores both the hardware configuration for the computer and the bootstrap instructions that are needed to start the boot process after the power is turned on. UEFI has replaced the old-style BIOS on newer motherboards, and it has more security features than the old BIOS had.
I can't give you any specific information about BIOS/UEFI setup because every model motherboard has a different way of doing things. What I can give you is some more generalized information.
When ...