Is the Pre-Boot portion of the PXE-based Remote Boot ROM Secure?
No. The entire ROM sequence and OS installation/replication is not secure with regard to packet type encryption, client/server spoofing, or wire sniffer based mechanisms. As such, use caution when using the RIS service on your corporate network. Ensure that you only allow authorized RIS servers on your network and that the number of administrators allowed to install and or configure RIS servers is controlled. Can RIPrep-based OS images be replicated to alternate media such as DVDs, CDs, and/or Zip drives? No. This is something that is being considered for the next major release of RIS. Does the RIPrep feature of RIS support different hardware between the source computer used to create the RIPrep-based OS image and the destination computer that will install the image? Yes. The hardware between the source PC and the destination PC can be different. The one exception to this is the Hardware Abstraction layer (HAL) driver used. For example, if the source PC is an Advanced Configuration Pow
