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3mdeb Insights: A Look into 3mdeb's Open-Source Contributions
Published at April 27, 2023 · 13 min read
We're thrilled to share our team's summary of open-source contributions from 2021 to the first half of 2023 with you. We've actively worked on enhancing various projects, including coreboot and fwupd. Our involvement has not only boosted the functionality and security of these projects but also equipped us with valuable expertise for our clients. Stay tuned for an insightful blog post diving into our open-source contributions!...
Categories: firmware manufacturing
Published at January 30, 2023 · 5 min read
This blog post will provide an in-depth look at upcoming plans and events for the near future.n the next quarter, we have several exciting events planned for the 3mdeb community. Our events aim to provide a platform for members to connect, share knowledge, and stay informed about the latest developments in the open-source ecosystem....
Categories: firmware miscellaneous
Qubes OS summit 2022 - Summary
Published at October 5, 2022 · 10 min read
Three weeks ago 3mdeb with Qubes OS team had organized next edition of the Qubes OS summit. This year summit was a face-to-face event hosted in Berlin, which took place from the 9th to the 11th of September....
Categories: miscellaneous os-dev
Infrastructure for Xen development and debugging
Published at July 4, 2022 · 5 min read
Back in 2018 at OSFC, we've presented AMD IOMMU enabling for PC Engines apuX (GX-412TC) platforms. Our hypervisor of choice was Xen and we used it to verify the PCI pass-through feature. Unfortunately, the booting process was not exactly stable. In this article, you can check how to prepare infrastructure for Xen development and debugging...
Categories: firmware os-dev security
Creating ports for BSD distributions
Published at March 15, 2021 · 8 min read
In this blog post, we will present how to build packages for FreeBSD, DragonFlyBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD. Also, we will show you how to create CI for FreeBSD distribution with the use of GitHub action....
Categories: firmware
Porting fwupd to the BSD distributions - How to compile fwupd on FreeBSD
Published at February 16, 2021 · 14 min read
The security of the whole system is not determined only by the software it runs, but also the firmware. We want to provide easy firmware update method to BSD distributions....
Categories: firmware
Proof of concept implementation of RATS attestation for the TrenchBoot
Published at December 14, 2020 · 9 min read
This blog post will describe the concept of the IETF Remote Attestation Procedures (RATS) and implementation of CHAllenge-Response based Remote Attestation (CHARRA) with TPM 2.0 for TrenchBoot....
Trenchboot: Xen hypervisor support for the TrenchBoot
Published at October 15, 2020 · 4 min read
In this blog post, we will describe the development of the Xen hypervisor support for TrenchBoot....
Reasonably secure way to update your system firmware
Published at September 18, 2020 · 3 min read
As you may know from the previous blog post, the qubes-fwupd is the wrapper that allows you to update the firmware of your devices in the Qubes OS. This time I will briefly describe the new features, whereby you will securely update your system firmware....
Categories: firmware os-dev security
Project status of the fwupd/LVFS support for Qubes OS
Published at July 14, 2020 · 5 min read
During the QubesOS minisummit, I have presented the initial status of the fwupd/LVFS support for the Qubes OS. Now it is time to share some more information about the progress....