EFI Preboot Guidelines and Windows 8 UEFI Secure Boot for HP Business Notebooks and Desktops PPS Business Notebook and Desktop - Technical White Paper
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708355-002, created January 2013, revised July 2013 
For more information 
Visit the websites listed below if you need additional information. 
Resource description  Web address 
UEFI Specification Version 2.3.1 
http://www.UEFI.org/specs/download 
Windows Compatibility Support Module Opt-Out 
Mechanism for Legacy Free OSs v1.1 by Microsoft 
Windows Authenticated Portable Executable 
Signature Format specification 
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg463180 
PC Client Work Group Platform Reset Attack 
Mitigation Specification, Version 1.0 
http://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/resources/pc_client_work_group_platfor
m_reset_attack_mitigation_specification_version_10 
TCG UEFI Protocol Version 1.20, Revision 1.0  http://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/resources/tcg_UEFI_protocol_version_12
0_revision_10 
PC Client Work Group Specific Implementation 
Specification for Conventional Bios Specification, 
Version 1.2 
http://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/resources/pc_client_work_group_specifi
c_implementation_specification_for_conventional_bios_specification_version_12 
Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle  http://www.microsoft.com/security/sdl/default.aspx 










