On Mon, 4 Aug 2014 06:59:57 -0400, Peter Johansson wrote:
:: The solution is to implement a proper trust model for USB devices in
:: your operating system.  This would include the BIOS for devices
:: accessible through it at boot time

I assume this is to some extent what the UEFI and certificates alleviate.=20
The problem here is that it becomes nigh on impossible to boot devices from=
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a USB device - that is certainly the case with my Medion tablet.

The only way I can use a USB stick to boot the device (for recovery=20
purposes) is to use W8.1 recovery, to install a certificate, then copy the=
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recovery environment wim file over and rename it boot.wim.

So this actually becomes an annoyance/hindrance for the user who might want=
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security, but not as much security as public/commercial bodies may require.

Colin
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