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SUMMARY:Replace your exploit-ridden firmware with a Linux Kernel - Ron Min
 nich (Google)
DTSTART:20190131T150000Z
DTEND:20190131T160000Z
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CONTACT:Marco Caballero
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nWith the WikiLeaks release of the vault7 material\,
  the security of the UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) firmware
  used in most PCs and laptops is once again a concern. UEFI is a proprieta
 ry and closed-source operating system\, with a codebase almost as large as
  the Linux kernel\, that runs when the system is powered on and continues 
 to run after it boots the OS (hence its designation as a “Ring -2\nhyper
 visor"). It is a great place to hide exploits since it never stops running
 \, and these exploits are undetectable by kernels and\nprograms.\n\nOur an
 swer to this is NERF (Non-Extensible Reduced Firmware)\, an open source so
 ftware system developed at Google to replace almost all of UEFI firmware w
 ith a tiny Linux kernel and initramfs. The initramfs file system contains 
 an init and command line utilities from the\nu-root project (http://u-root
 .tk/)\, which are written in the Go language.\n\nBio: \nRon Minnich is the
  inventor of LinuxBIOS\, now known as coreboot. He is a member of the Tech
 nical Steering Committee for LinuxBoot\, as well as co-leader of the Open 
 Systems Firmware project at the Open Compute Project.\n\nHe has worked in 
 firmware for 40 years and in the open source firmware area for 20. He star
 ted the LinuxBoot project in January 2017\, being deployed at many compani
 es. Ron has contributed to many open source operating systems\, including 
 FreeBSD\, Plan 9\, and Linux.
LOCATION:FW11\, Computer Laboratory\, William Gates Building
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