Need some help answering the following questions for Operating Systems Security:
1. Why is OpenBoot systems firmware called "Open"? What is it open for?
2. What does BIOS stand for? What does "IO" refer to?
3. Name minimum two companies that sell BIOS systems firmware?
4. How is modern systems hardware architecture organized?
5. Does BIOS setup interface program provide any indicators of the systems hardware architecture organization?
6. Does OpenBoot PROM systems firmware provide any indicator of the organization of the hardware architecture.
7. What devices are used to interconnect hardware architecture buses?
8. What architecture bus is of the highest speed?
9. How can systems firmware be infected? What can be damaged by the firmware intruder?
10. What are the two elementary firmware levels?
11. Can peripheral device controller firmware be trusted?
12. What are the two basic administration jobs that must be delegated, if possible, to two different persons?