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Ordering firmware or checksums by post
Sorry if this is the wrong sub forum, I couldn't find any better and I have an old Dell laptop, so...
I'd like to reflash my BIOS with the latest firmware, however I don't necessarily trust my network, including the certificate chain, for a number of reasons. This becomes a real down-the-rabbit-hole type situation when you really think about it seriously, and for that reason I'd like to order the BIOS update on CD-ROM or similar physical media from Dell. I can't find any way of doing that though.
If that is not possible, ordering a hard copy with cryptographic checksums (such as SHA256) directly from Dell would be an equally good alternative.
Is any of these services available?
I know this is an advanced topic and that this is a community support forum, so I'd just like to help people not waste their valuable time giving irrelevant support because of misunderstandings: This is an actual problem, it does not matter what BIOS version I currently have or if I have any issues with the current firmware, etc. Likewise the Coreboot project and similar are not relevant.
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January 5th, 2017 18:00
There is no way to order the firmware. If you don't trust your system/network, have a computer shop download the firmware securely and provide it for you on a CD, as you require. Most computer shops can easily do this for a nominal fee.