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Garrett: Why UEFI secure boot is difficult for Linux

Garrett: Why UEFI secure boot is difficult for Linux

Posted Jan 18, 2012 23:11 UTC (Wed) by stumbles (guest, #8796)
In reply to: Garrett: Why UEFI secure boot is difficult for Linux by elanthis
Parent article: Garrett: Why UEFI secure boot is difficult for Linux

Or boot off a live CD and go about your business.


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Garrett: Why UEFI secure boot is difficult for Linux

Posted Jan 19, 2012 7:39 UTC (Thu) by ekj (guest, #1524) [Link]

That *is* a form of secure boot: It works if you're absolutely certain that the code that starts the computer, reads in the boot-block on the CD-ROM and executes it, does so in a secure manner and could not be subverted.

If there's a possibility that this code is subverted, all bets are off.

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