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Ask HN: Integrity of BIOS update?

I want to update the BIOS on my Gigabyte motherboard as this hopefully solves a problem. However, the archive containing the BIOS update and flashing tool can only be downloaded over http and there is no way to verify it's integrity as neither signed or non-signed checksums are available.

I'm extremely uncomfortable with just installing the update without being able to verify it's integrity, as I would forever think about if the BIOS has been modified in case the download server has been compromised or by MITM attack while I'm downloading.

What can I do?

10 points rxlim 9 years ago 6 comments

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