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An update on UEFI secure bootAn update on UEFI secure bootPosted Oct 27, 2011 8:17 UTC (Thu) by petur (guest, #73362)Parent article: An update on UEFI secure boot
I don't think being able to switch it on/off in th bios is a usable suggestion, it would make dual boot a nightmare. On the other hand, I do see many dual boot systems switch to VM, but not all. Which raises another question: will Win8 boot in a VM?
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An update on UEFI secure boot Posted Oct 27, 2011 8:39 UTC (Thu) by Fowl (subscriber, #65667) [Link] Secure Boot must is only mandatory to "get the logo" ie. pass Microsoft's tests. As Windows 8 will be expected to run on hardware that currently runs Windows 7, it will run without secure boot. I can't see how it couldn't, even intentionally; it's not like bootloaders haven't lied in the past.
An update on UEFI secure boot Posted Oct 27, 2011 9:47 UTC (Thu) by dgm (subscriber, #49227) [Link]
> Secure Boot must is only mandatory to "get the logo" ie. pass Microsoft's tests.
... for now. Looks like a wooden horse to me. What will happen when most systems do boot with UEFI secure boot? Probably Windows will start to refuse to run certain applications and open certain files if booted insecure, meaning users will not do that. From there to removing the disable feature is just a little step. Don't you have the feeling of being spoon-fed?
An update on UEFI secure boot Posted Oct 27, 2011 11:44 UTC (Thu) by Fowl (subscriber, #65667) [Link] I don't see how. Running Windows is preferable to Windows not running. I'm just concerned about the ux apocalypse OEMs are going to unleash.
An update on UEFI secure boot Posted Oct 27, 2011 8:41 UTC (Thu) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239) [Link]
Windows 8 logo systems must be UEFI, but Windows 8 will boot fine with BIOS. It's probably worth remembering that there's no real concept of attestation in secure boot, so even if a future version requires both UEFI and the secure boot feature, it'd be easy to fake it up.
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