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No signed kernel, just a signed boot loader

No signed kernel, just a signed boot loader

Posted Jun 25, 2012 17:15 UTC (Mon) by raven667 (subscriber, #5198)
In reply to: No signed kernel, just a signed boot loader by JEFFREY
Parent article: Details on Ubuntu's UEFI secure boot plan

My guess is that the risk is about the same someone breaking into the major vendors and pushing out an update that wipes everyones hard drives, ie. not very likely at all.


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