PureBoot’s Powerful Recovery Console

Normally when we talk about our high-security boot firmware PureBoot, it’s in the context of the advanced tamper detection it adds to a system. For instance, recently we added the ability to detect tampering even in the root file system. While that’s a critical benefit PureBoot provides over our default coreboot firmware, it also provides […] The post PureBoot’s Powerful Recovery Console appeared first on Purism.

New PureBoot Feature: Scanning Root for Tampering

With the latest PureBoot R19 pre-release we have added a number of new changes including improved GUI workflows and new security features and published a ROM image so the wider community can test it before it turns into the next stable release. To test it, existing PureBoot users can download the R19-pre1 .rom file that […] The post New PureBoot Feature: Scanning Root for Tampering appeared first on Purism.

PureBoot Security Flaw for Librem 14 Patched

PureBoot is our high-security boot firmware we offer on our Librem computers. In combination with a Librem Key, PureBoot allows you to detect tampering in the boot firmware itself, and in your OS’s kernel and other boot files. It detects tampering first by sending measurements of the boot firmware as it boots (containing among other […] The post PureBoot Security Flaw for Librem 14 Patched appeared first on Purism.