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The wiki is being retired!

Documentation is now handled by the same processes we use for code: Add something to the Documentation/ directory in the coreboot repo, and it will be rendered to https://doc.coreboot.org/. Contributions welcome!

This page explains how coreboot can help with various security aspects of your system, compared to closed-source, legacy BIOS/EFI/firmware implementations.

This page is work in progress!

RAM wiping

http://citp.princeton.edu/memory/
Coreinfo as demo payload for coreboot, showing your RAM contents after a cold boot.

SMI issues

ATA issues

BIOS password feature

Bayou / coreinfo based "BIOS password" feature, using SHA-1 hashes stored in NVRAM or the (flash) ROM chip.

Firewire issues

TPM issues

http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/coreboot/ticket/49

Security