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Dual Boot Not Trusted, Rejected By Vista SP1

Alsee writes "Welcome to our first real taste of Trusted Computing: With Vista Enterprise and Vista Ultimate, Service Pack 1 refuses to install on dual boot systems. Trusted Computing is one of the many things that got cut from Vista, but traces of it remain in BitLocker, and that is the problem. The Service Pack patch to your system will invalidate your Trust chain if you are not running the Microsoft-approved Microsoft-trusted boot loader, or if you make other similar unapproved modifications to your system. The Trust chip (the TPM) will then refuse to give you your key to unlock your own hard drive. If you are not running BitLocker then a workaround is available: Switch back to Microsoft's Vista-only boot mode, install the Service Pack, then reapply your dual boot loader.

'The boot' gets the boot in London

LONDON, June 28 (UPI) -- Officials say the dreaded "boot," a metal clamping device attached to the wheels of illegally parked cars, has been all but phased out in central London.

Boot X86 faster

In this tutorial whitepaper, the co-founder, CTO, and "chief coffee drinker" of Isreali development firm Codefidence explains how to instrument x86-based systems to measure boot latency. Author Gilad Ben-Yossef supplies helpful code snippets and great advice to help any x86 device or PC boot faster.

BitArmor Delivers Software Techniques to Prevent Cold Boot Attacks on Encryption Keys

the leader in data control software that helps corporate executives protect and manage sensitive data throughout their organizations, today announced a new set of software-driven techniques that can prevent Cold Boot attacks by protecting cryptographic keys in encryption systems. Patrick McGregor Ph.D., CEO of BitArmor, will be sharing details of this software-based Cold Boot attack prevention approach during the Back Hat USA 2008 Briefings & Training conference on August 7, 2008.

Linux-friendly Beagle Fetches $150

"Jason Kridner, director of open system design at TI, says the Beagle board offers a very user-friendly way to explore the capabilities of the A8 architecture, as well as the C64x DSP, for which a free compiler and open source codecs are available. For development on-the-go, the board can be powered by a laptop's USB port, and it comes with an "unbrickable" boot ROM, he observed. "There are four boot options supported in the OMAP ROM itself. The default is to boot from NAND flash, MC/SD, USB, then serial. But, the 'user' button boots from NAND flash last," Kridner said."

Strict boot camp for snorers

The worst snorers in Britain are set to attend a special boot camp next month which it's hoped could cure them.

Cold Boot Attack Utilities Released At HOPE Conference

An anonymous reader writes "Jacob Appelbaum, one of the security researchers who worked on the cold boot attacks to recover encryption keys from memory even after reboot, has announced the release of the complete source code for the utilities at The Last HOPE in New York City. The hope (obligatory pun) is that the release of these tools will help to improve awareness of this attack vector and enable the development of countermeasures and mitigation techniques in both software and hardware. The full research paper (PDF) is also available."

PGP Corporation adds pre-boot authentication to the PGP Whole Disk Encryption for Mac OS X systems

PGP Corporation adds pre-boot authentication to the PGP Whole Disk Encryption for Mac OS X systems free RSS feed from Security Park

The Linux Saga: Boot Loader, Initrd & Sys V

IconHow does the system startup look like? This question usually does not come into mind of a normal computer user. Oh, he presses the power button, goes to the kitchen to make a coffee and when he comes back, the password can be entered on the screen in the prepared field. Sometimes however, in the minds of a bit more keen computer enthusiasts, the question is born "how does it actually work?" It's no black magic. Editor's Note: An in depth three part series about the computer boot up process was covered earlier in OSNews.

Ten Tricks to Make Linux Boot Faster

"#9: If you are REALLY daring, you could give initng a try. The initng system serves as a replacement for the sysvinit system and promises to drastically decrease boot times in UNIX-like operating systems. If you would like to see the initng system in action, you can give the Pingwinek livecd a try."

10 ways to make Linux boot faster

On those infrequent occasions when you need to reboot Linux, you may find that the process takes longer than you’d like. Jack Wallen shares a number of tricks you can use to reduce boot times.

Ask Linux.com: Theft recovery, skeleton files, and boot-looping Eees

This week in our parade through the wide world of the Linux.com forums, what to do with a stolen-then-recovered laptop, how to rescue an Eee PC netbook stuck in an endless boot loop, and how make Likewise Open and /etc/skel play nice together. Plus, competitive bash scripting, unanswered questions, and a world of bad Olympic puns.

Why you want a Linux Live CD

"Have you ever panicked when Windows won't boot and you really need the files on the computer? You can boot from a Linux Live CD and easily copy files to an external hard disk, a USB flash drive or another computer on a Local Area Network. With a little work you should also be able to burn a CD or DVD. In the old days Linux struggled with the NTFS file system, but those days are long gone."

Tip: Diagnostics available without Leopard DVD

With newer Mac models, the Leopard DVD is no longer needed to run the Apple Hardware Test for diagnosing hardware problems. Users can simply boot the computers startup while holding the "D" key down to boot into diagnostic mode -- the utilities are stored somewhere on the hard drive.

Encrypting Your Hard Disk is not Safe Anymore: Indian Security Startup iViZ Discovers New Vulnerability Affecting Microsoft, Intel, HP, Lenovo and Others

iViZ, an Indian information security startup offering on-demand Penetration Testing, announced its discovery of a new class of vulnerability earlier this month at Defcon 16, the world's leading security conference. This vulnerability allows attackers to steal computer boot passwords and bypass the security of pre-boot authentication software like hard disk encryption tools. It affects general computer users, enterprises, governments and can result in unauthorized access or theft of confidential data. Incidentally, in 2007 the global loss due to data theft is estimated to be USD 40 Billion.

Boot and Sullivan, Revisited

Blogs and bloggers seem to be everywhere these days. The National Interest online helps you navigate the waters. Check back daily for a roundup of the hottest foreign-policy topics in the blogosphere.

Cold boot encryption-bypassing source code published

A team of computer scientists has published source code that can in some circumstances bypass encryption used in Microsoft's BitLocker and Apple's FileVault and be used to view the contents of supposedly secure files.

Cold boot encryption-bypassing source code published

A team of computer scientists has published source code that can in some circumstances bypass encryption used in Microsoft's BitLocker and Apple's FileVault and be used to view the contents of supposedly secure files.

iPhone 3G boot failure complaints pile up

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Tykes given boot from Twenty20 cup

Nottinghamshire have taken Yorkshire’s place in the Twenty20 Cup quarter finals following the former’s expulsion from the tournament for fielding an ineligible player.

Australian Schools Boot Microsoft for Google Gmail

Google seems to have bested Microsoft in the land down under, according to various accounts of an Australian public school system e-mail contract deal. The deal, announced yesterday, ousts an e-mail system based on Microsoft's products in favor of using Google's Gmail.

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