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List:       debian-security
Subject:    Re: How secure is an installation with with no non-free packages?
From:       Sam Kuper <sam.kuper () uclmail ! net>
Date:       2013-09-13 20:46:24
Message-ID: CAD-JurLk=ivaUo-9pN6aFvDX3cRTaL0nLUSpRLw5M7uAU4ZBqg () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 13/09/2013, Jonathan Perry-Houts <jperryhouts@gmail.com> wrote:
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> My understanding of the microcode binary blobs is that they provide
> updates to your processor / BIOS that usually have no free
> alternative. So basically, your BIOS is probably already non-free and
> you might as well have the latest version... so yes, installing the
> firmware-linux-nonfree package is probably wise.
>
> This page has a little more information on what microcode is and why
> these binary blobs are unfortunately often necessary:
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Microcode
>
> Someone with more specific knowledge should feel free to chime in here
> as I am not an expert on this subject.

I am also not an expert (not by a long shot!) but believe this page
may be of interest to people reading this discussion thread:
http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html

Regards,

Sam


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