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> Combined with various less-than-free licenses, installing one huge blob of |
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> firmware is problematic for many users, also from a security point of |
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view. |
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How does having additional firmware installed affect security at all? |
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Firmware is only loaded when specifically requested by a loaded driver that |
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needs to use it, and only if that driver is actually in use. That's like |
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saying a file that can only be written to by root, only normally read when |
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it's specifically needed, and if for some stupid reason is executed by an |
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unprivileged process will just result in a crash, affects security (hint: I |
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just described firmware). |
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-Doug |
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