Conclusions from RAM data remanence tests
Published at February 20, 2025 · Maciej Pijanowski · Krystian Hebel · 3 min read
A practical summary from the two previous blog posts presenting results of RAM data remanence tests....
Categories: firmware miscellaneous
Research of RAM data remanence times, part 2
Published at January 24, 2025 · Krystian Hebel · 16 min read
Continuing from where we left off, we've run the same tests on different hardware, both platforms and memory modules. This blog post skips all the theory and description of how the measurements were obtained, please read the previous one if you're interested in these details....
Categories: miscellaneous
Research of RAM data remanence times
Published at December 13, 2024 · Krystian Hebel · 14 min read
Dynamic RAM must be periodically refreshed to maintain its content. JEDEC specifies how often this has to be done to ensure proper operation. In this post, we will see for how long the data can be recovered if it isn't....
Categories: miscellaneous
UEFI Update Capsules for Open Source firmware
Published at December 10, 2024 · Sergii Dmytruk · 12 min read
MSI Z690-A and Z790-P are the first Dasharo firmware releases to support UEFI capsule updates. The additional way to update your firmware aims at making the process more reliable and convenient....
Categories: firmware
Published at December 9, 2024 · Marta Witkowska · 8 min read
The sixth Qubes OS Summit, hosted in Berlin from September 20–22, 2024, was a dynamic convergence of experts and enthusiasts in the field of secure, open-source computing. Organized by 3mdeb and the Invisible Things Lab, this hybrid event featured live-streamed sessions for remote participants, facilitating global engagement....
Categories: miscellaneous os-dev
Improving measured boot and TPM support in Dasharo
Published at November 28, 2024 · Michał Żygowski · 11 min read
An overview of recent improvements to TPM and measured boot support in open-source firmware, coreboot and Dasharo....
UEFI Secure Booting FreeBSD with Dasharo firmware
Published at November 14, 2024 · Filip Lewiński · 8 min read
This blogpost is a very brief introduction to the UEFI Secure Boot. It focuses on enabling Secure Boot on FreeBSD, on the example of a device running Dasharo firmware....
New Dasharo v0.9.0 Meteor Lake releases
Published at August 7, 2024 · Filip Gołaś · 8 min read
Dasharo v0.9.0 for 14th gen Intel Meteor Lake has just been released bringing numerous new features and improvements. Check out what's new!...
Getting started with Hardkernel ODROID H4+
Published at August 1, 2024 · Michał Żygowski · 14 min read
First steps with new hardware and preparations for coreboot firmware porting. A quick cookbook where to start and what to do when you get your hands on a new platform and not get your hands or board burnt....
Categories: firmware
TrenchBoot Anti Evil Maid - Phase 4
Published at May 17, 2024 · Krystian Hebel · 7 min read
This blog post marks the completion of the next phase of TrenchBoot Anti Evil Maid project for Qubes OS. This time the project focused on AMD platforms, which is something that wasn't possible with the original solution based on tboot....
Categories: bootloader firmware hypervisor os-dev security
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