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Bootloader Authentication

定义

Cryptographically authenticating the bootloader software before system boot.

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关联构件
BootLoader
Boot Loader

A bootloader is software that is responsible for booting a computer. When a computer is turned off, its software‍-‌including operating systems, application code, and data‍-‌remains stored on non-volatile memory. When the computer is powered on, it typically does not have an operating system or its loader in random-access memory (RAM). The computer first executes a relatively small program stored in read-only memory (ROM, and later EEPROM, NOR flash) along with some needed data, to initialize RAM (especially on x86 systems) to access the nonvolatile device (usually block device, eg NAND flash) or devices from which the operating system programs and data can be loaded into RAM.

语义关系
出向authenticatesBoot Loader
出向kb referenceReference - UEFI Platform Initialization (PI) Specification