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Other long term problems

Other long term problems

Posted Jun 11, 2012 19:13 UTC (Mon) by raven667 (subscriber, #5198)
In reply to: Other long term problems by nix
Parent article: Fedora, secure boot, and an insecure future

> It is possible that ...

> Now perhaps key updates and revocation ...

> So I guess I still can't see the point of all this.

This is an actual written standard with actual implementations, your assumptions are questions and those questions have answers. Instead of spilling a lot of ink with possibles and maybes it would be worthwhile to see how this stuff actually works.


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Other long term problems

Posted Jun 11, 2012 22:03 UTC (Mon) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

That's true. I didn't think of it until after posting, and I don't really want to wade into the EFI swamp right now anyway.

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