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| ====== Decoding the iSCSI Boot Firmware Table ====== | ====== Decoding the iSCSI Boot Firmware Table ====== | ||
| - | Representatives of Microsoft have recently raised objections to the publication of information describing the iSCSI Boot Firmware Table (iBFT). The iBFT is a data structure used when Windows is booted from an iSCSI disk hosted on a remote computer, or on an iSCSI network-attached storage (NAS) box. | + | Representatives of Microsoft have recently raised objections to the publication of information describing the iSCSI Boot Firmware Table (iBFT). The iBFT is a data structure used when Windows is booted from an iSCSI disk hosted on a remote computer, or on an iSCSI network-attached storage (NAS) box; a high-level overview is published by Microsoft at http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/b/9/5b97017b-e28a-4bae-ba48-174cf47d23cd/STO026_WH06.ppt. |
| The Microsoft representatives seem to have taken the position that the details of this table are confidential, and that anyone with knowledge of its structure must have been privy to information covered by a non-disclosure agreement. | The Microsoft representatives seem to have taken the position that the details of this table are confidential, and that anyone with knowledge of its structure must have been privy to information covered by a non-disclosure agreement. | ||
