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authorNicholas Chin <nic.c3.14@gmail.com>2023-11-12 20:14:08 -0700
committerNicholas Chin <nic.c3.14@gmail.com>2023-12-17 19:38:16 -0700
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README.md: Add references to Open Security Training
The old Open Security Training site had a course called Advanced x86: BIOS and SMM Internals, which had a set of slides outlining the method to supress SMIs by changing the GBL_SMI_EN bit. Add a reference to it as this is where I originally learned of this method.
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@@ -100,3 +100,7 @@ There are other possible protection mechanisms that the firmware can utilize,
such as Protected Range Register settings, which apply access permissions to
address ranges of the flash, similar to the IFD. However, the E6400 vendor
firmware does not utilize these, so they will not be discussed.
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+## References
+- Open Security Training: Advanced x86: BIOS and SMM Internals - SMI Suppression
+ - https://opensecuritytraining.info/IntroBIOS_files/Day1_XX_Advanced%20x86%20-%20BIOS%20and%20SMM%20Internals%20-%20SMI%20Suppression.pdf