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Just a basic question. Does full disk encryption (such as bitlocker) encrypt the Bios or just the OS. I know a TPM is required, so that makes me think the Bios is encrypted but I just wanted to be sure.
Not exactly sure why you're asking... actually encrypting the BIOS doesn't really make sense, since you don't store any data there that would need to be protected from curious eyes.
And flashing a modified, unsigned firmware image is usually not easy on a modern system, at least not without having physical access.
To answer your question... bitlocker only encrypts the harddisk, respectively the OS.
If you want to prevent users from accessing the BIOS then you should check whether your BIOS allows you to set a password. Many modern systems allow locking the BIOS via password. Just make sure you don't forget it, else you're locked out of your system as there's no regular recovery method.
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How could I know from Operating System in a Virtual Machine if ram memory is being overcommited by Openstack hypervisor?
My app is being killed by the operating system cause Out of Memory error, but I have configured the heap and meta space under 70% of the total available ram.
I have no access to the openstack configuration.
Thanks in advance.
Unfortunately you cannot know the details of OpenStack overcommit if you do not have access to the OpenStack configuration or environment directly (root/admin privileges).
Your VM is seen as a "standalone" server/node to itself and you therefore you will need to request this information from whoever is hosting/operating the OpenStack install.
If you have the access of compute nodes , then you can check nova.conf file with param ram_allocation_ratio , else there is no way to find the info you are looking for until you have the access of compute nodes.
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I made an app and I don't have the knowledge to add a few things that I want. I found a developer online. How can I protect my app to make sure it doesn't get stolen?
If you give him your source code, no technical measures can stop him from stealing the source code. If he were local to you, you could require him to use a locked-down computer in your own office, but I don't think that is an option for you.
If your app has substantial non-code assets (graphics, sound, databases, etc.) you could give him only the minimal subset of assets necessary for testing.
If the app talks to a server you control, and you don't also give him the code/data to set up his own server, then him stealing your code may be less harmful.
Other than that, you need to consider legal enforcement, not technical enforcement.
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I need run a 16bits application on a windows 64bits without virtualization or XP mode.
Do you have a solution ?
My application have an user interface and she need to print and to access the disk.
It's a old monster, we don't have the source code (Delphi) and it's very specific (made on demand).
I think about a sort of encapsulation or a "translator" between the OS and the binary.
An idea ?
I need run a 16 bit application on a Windows 64 bit system without virtualization.
That is not possible. The only way to run this application on such a system is via a virtualized environment of one form or another.
You wonder about some form of translator or adapter, but that is of course exactly what virtualization is. A 64 bit system cannot run a 16 bit process natively, ergo you need a virtualized environment in order to run it.
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I have a .Net Micro Framework app that is failing to write bytes to a microSD card. When I take the card out of the device and look at it on my PC using a microSD to SD adapter the PC cannot write to the device as it appears to be locked. I'm trying to work out if the lock is a faulty adapter (the switch on the side of the adapter is set to the unlocked position) or the sate of the microSD card itself.
MicroSD cards have no visible way of locking and unlocking them but is there any setting in the card itself that locks it?
I have tried searching but most threads I can find (e.g. this one and this one, to choose two SO ones) talk about the adapter. Is there locking in the microSD specification?
Duskwuff gave an answer on the SuperUser SE, pointing out that:
"most computer-based SD card adapters are unable to execute arbitrary commands on an SD card" but that there are commands "available to (and used by) embedded devices"
Commands such as CMD27 (PROGRAM_CSD) "can be used to set bits which control temporary or even permanent write protection" and CMD42 (LOCK_UNLOCK) "can even be used to turn on and off password-based read protection".
There are more details about these register commands in Appendix C.1 SD Mode Command List of Part E1 of the SDIO Simplified Specification
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Is there any way to know current battery level of connected iOS device from command line.
Thanks in advance..
Check out libimobiledevice.
It is mainly targeted for linux systems but you can get it to compile for OS X as well if you want to although it is a bit complicated.
I am also in the process of writing an Objective C wrapper around the libraries and you can find some more info here: https://github.com/liamnichols/CocoaMobileDevice but be warned, its a WIP atm. I'm not even sure if it will run on other machines as there might be some hardcoded dependancies that need fixing.