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Garrett: Why UEFI secure boot is difficult for Linux

Garrett: Why UEFI secure boot is difficult for Linux

Posted Jan 19, 2012 13:53 UTC (Thu) by drag (subscriber, #31333)
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

Also if your boot loader checks the signature on the kernel and the initrd then you can use the initrd to verify the rest of your system using file-based IDS.

This had the advantage over a live cd system in that it's automatable and is easier for the OS vendor to support.


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