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Other => General Topics => Topic started by: Nesivos on September 23, 2011, 12:50:16 AM
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UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) will be the next big thing in computer security.
You can read all about it here. Its a bit long but if you care about your computer's security I highly recommend reading the article.
https://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/09/22/protecting-the-pre-os-environment-with-uefi.aspx (https://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/09/22/protecting-the-pre-os-environment-with-uefi.aspx)
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UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) will be the next big thing in computer security.
You can read all about it here. Its a bit long but if you care about your computer's security I highly recommend reading the article.
https://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/09/22/protecting-the-pre-os-environment-with-uefi.aspx (https://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/09/22/protecting-the-pre-os-environment-with-uefi.aspx)
More Windows 8 propaganda. ::)
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There's a big uproar about this from Linux users. The way it's presented means that you won't be able to have a dual boot Linux OS installed on a Win 8 machine. It might not even be possible to "downgrade" to Win 7. They now say there will be an option to turn the secure boot off though.