@kkarhan@infosec.spaceYes. this [www.tomshardware.com] is a good thing for #ITsec to let end-users know if their system runs #outdated / #vulnerable #Microcode and have #Linux update it.
- OFC this can't fix the systemic issues #ix86 & #amd64 have, but I do think this is such a vital thing that I do want to integrate it into @OS1337 as having some low-level diagnostics and means to fix things is literally the point of said distro!
Consider it a more streamlined "Rescue Linux" which is intended to be #reprpduceable, #auditable and small enough to fit on a #BootROM!
@kkarhan-- :please_boost: 
:boost: :boosted:
Speaking of #ROMs for #ix86 / #amd64: Does anyone know a good way to implement something like #Linux in #ROM like the #Tandy #1000RL & #1000RLX did [www.youtube.com] with #MSDOS & #DeskMate (as @vwestlife showed)...
I mean, it would be a way cleaner setup to boot OS/1337 to than booting a #CDROM?
- If noone has an Idea how to make this happen, is there any good way or existing solution to basically make a hardware write-protectable / #readonly #USB flashdrive to boot from?
Ideally something that can take #BIOS-style ROM Chips that one can put on a board without write-enable connected so they're read-only!
- And yes, @landley may see similarities to his [deprecated] Aboriginal Linux [landley.net] nee #FirmwareLinux ...
Still having like a #minimalist #Linux distro in Boot-ROM would be nifty, espechally when it comes to making a #SecureComputing "#SSH #Terminal"...
- Maybe @ActionRetro, @mos_8502 and others can point this question to people who are firm in boot ROMs and potentially even have something at hand.
(I don't expect something like a PCI(e Mini)Card but I'd not be against it!)
@kkarhanGranted, @OS1337 won't run on anything below an #i486SX due to #Linux dropping #i386 with Kernel 3.6.9 & 3.4.99 respectably [github.com] and #toybox AFAICT never supported anything below #i486 and #backporting it doesn't make sense nor do I have the skills to do so nor would I expect @landley to accept the necessary patches:
- Similar to Linux this would create a shitload of work that noone wants to do nor should do and thus violate the project goals of toybox by complicating things...
Or as @torvalds once supposedly wrote [www.zdnet.com]: "I'm not sentimental. Good riddance."...
@kkarhanAnyway, the short-term solution would be to setup some #iPXE "Internet Boot Server" [github.com] on boot.os1337.com to [ipxe.org] download @OS1337 into RAM and boot that...
Cuz that may be a quick and dirty option to get the latest version at boot...