bernd...@web.de:
Hi. I've watched a television broadcast where a hacker or security expert
suspected that the BIOS of ThinkPads has a backdoor. Therefore, he said he uses
OpenBIOS or coreboot.
I read on Wikipedia that OpenBIOS works in interaction with coreboot on Intel
machines.
I read https://www.openfirmware.info/OpenBIOS as well as
https://www.coreboot.org/OpenBIOS.
1. Please tell me whether a user without knowledge in programming or Linux
command lines in Terminal is able to install OpenBIOS and/or coreboot.
2. Would you provide step by step instructions (especially for my case) how to
install OpenBIOS and/or coreboot on my system?
It's good to be aware of security, but BIOS is just one of several areas
to consider. Be aware there are only certain models of Thinkpads
supported for coreboot. Don't need programming experience, but
familiarity with Linux goes a long way. Build with
https://doc.coreboot.org/tutorial/part1.html. You will likely need an
external hardware flasher to write the resulting image to BIOS.
There are a couple places where you can purchase Thinkpads with coreboot
already flashed. A couple more where you can find laptops with the HAP
bit set, which purportedly disables portions of Intel ME, but may or may
not use coreboot. Suggest doing more research of these options before
making a decision.
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