iPXE

iPXE is the leading open source network boot firmware

[iPXE @ipxe]

Experimental #iPXE boot images now published in @awscloud - try booting an EC2 instance directly from HTTP, HTTPS, or iSCSI

[iPXE @ipxe]

@bookingcom could you please stop your data center hammering the #iPXE cross-signed certificate server? If not, then we'll have to start blocking your traffic soon.

[iPXE @ipxe]

@AndHammarskjold @risc_v So far, just QEMU. It should work on any @risc_v #UEFI hardware. Next experiment will hopefully be to interface directly with @OpenSBI and bypass UEFI altogether.

[iPXE @ipxe]

As of today, you can network boot your @risc_v machines using #iPXE: https://t.co/wuo3KURQaq

[iPXE @ipxe]

Ever wanted to create a custom user interface in #iPXE? Now you can! https://t.co/8trqLvx51b

[iPXE @ipxe]

wimboot v2.8.0 is finally released with support for network booting @Windows on @Arm - thanks to @2pintsoftware for sponsoring! https://t.co/wbAr715mpi

[ThePrimeagen @ThePrimeagen]

if you committed this to a codebase i worked in, i would do everything in my power to replace this with a couple asserts and see to it you leave my team

please for the future you do not commit code you don't understand

[iPXE @ipxe]

The BIOS trick of using "sanboot --drive 0x80" to force #iPXE to boot from a local disk now also works under UEFI: https://t.co/4ssxwtXGVc

[iPXE @ipxe]

@JM2K69 @KnightNZ https://t.co/fUeJ73AkXf if you want to follow along

[iPXE @ipxe]

You can literally do this right now with iPXE. Boot your OS via HTTPS, use mTLS with a client cert if you want to. You're welcome. 🙂

[Liam Kelly @Upsampled]

@thebsdbox My hot take: PXE boot did not go far enough. Images should be at HTTPS endpoints and auth should be mTLS. I want to completely recreate my machine from scratch anywhere, securely.

[iPXE @ipxe]

@KnightNZ @ashinclouds No, they've specifically called out iPXE code as being of unusually high quality. Getting a signed version at this point is largely a question of having enough money to go through the bureaucratic overhead.

[Dan 🐝 @thebsdbox]

Been a while since I had a mad idea, but is it possible to boot a machine (PXE) with eBPF 🐝

Time to find out.

[iPXE @ipxe]

#iPXE can now work with the default (and arguably broken) DST Root CA X3 certificate chain provided by @letsencrypt 🥳 https://t.co/ptX8QNTSIs

[steve o'grady @sogrady]

wondering whether you've open sourced your project?

this flow chart's for you.

[steve o'grady @sogrady]

the industry currently relies on a hard fought, narrowly circumscribed, widely understood and shared definition of what open source is.

if it suddenly means something different, the term by definition becomes meaningless because that shared understanding is no longer shared.

[iPXE @ipxe]

#iPXE now includes support for ECDHE cipher suites (using the x25519 elliptic curve) in TLS 🥳

[iPXE @ipxe]

Totally agree. Pull requests are always well intentioned contributions and it's great that people want to help out, but for anything non-trivial the code review can often be more work than it would be to write the code from scratch.

[Alex Ellis @alexellisuk]

@fbuechsel That's also a misconception.

Every feature has to be reviewed, tested, documented and maintained forever by the maintainer.

[iPXE @ipxe]

The client portion of this product is just an unmodified iPXE with the word "iVentoy" used in the menu title and background image...

[Manel Rodero @manelrodero]

It seems we have a new player on the field ;-)

https://t.co/EQV9KeEN4C
vs
https://t.co/pc2TJZhHn7

#PXE #Ventoy #iPXE

[iPXE @ipxe]

@JonM1212 @nikize0 This is where it's currently blocked: https://t.co/fUeJ73AkXf

[iPXE @ipxe]

The #wimboot version 2.7.2 binaries have been signed for #UEFI Secure Boot in a record one-day turnaround time!

Download the signed binaries from https://t.co/xzJRV2QTYr

[Andreas Hammarskjöld @AndHammarskjold]

BootGen 1.0 released for iPXE Anywhere customers to try out. I will generate USB keys for booting to iPXE without the need for PXE infrastructure. I can also add/sync BranchCache caches with the keys and back. This allows you to use any USB based dock to build any laptop/tablet!