BIOS rootkits- reality or fiction?

I don't see how

If you install from trusted repositories, things should be OK. But yes, with a moron (sorry for the word) between the chair and the keyboard, you can expect everything. I can imagine a moron writing his root password to install ecard.rpm
Linux firewall
Linux hardening
Linux HIPS/sandbox
Linux integrity checker
Linux rootkit scanner

 

I am not a programmer. I just guess that if u know the code. It might be easy to break through it.

I have already too many links to read so can,t say anything about the ones u posted.

Expect anything from ordinary users.

Just to end the discussion that sofar the solution for BIOS rootkits is not a linux BIOS but a hardware jumper, IMO ofcourse.

 

And if you know the code, you can catch dodgy bytes.

How are you going to protect the firmware of other devices (VGAs, optical devices, PCI cards, RAID controllers)?
Flashing DVD burners with new/third-party firmwares is a somewhat common practice.

 

A two way game- easier to explot, easier to protect.Not sure who will have an edge.

If I know I would have told you.

 

Lol.

Agree totally.

Lol, cat and mouse, I am a programmer but I could not tell you what is better. Probably I would tend to closed source for sensitive areas.