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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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 OSes v1.1 by 
Microsoft 
Windows Authenticated Portable Executable 
Signature Format specification 
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg463180 
HP OA3 service script file by CMIT BIOS team. 
(need to know only) 
Microsoft Windows Platform Binary Table 
(WPBT) 
http://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/resources/tcg_physical_
presence_interface_specification 
PC Client Work Group Platform Reset Attack 
Mitigation Specification, Version 1.0 
http://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/resources/pc_client_wor
k_group_platform_reset_attack_mitigation_specification_version
_10 
TCG EFI Protocol Version 1.20, Revision 1.0 
http://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/resources/tcg_efi_proto
col_version_120_revision_10 
PC Client Work Group Specific Implementation 
Specification for Conventional Bios 
Specification, Version 1.2 
http://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/resources/pc_client_wor
k_group_specific_implementation_specification_for_conventional
_bios_specification_version_12 
Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle 
http://www.microsoft.com/security/sdl/default.aspx 
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