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Preparing the kernel for UEFI secure boot

Preparing the kernel for UEFI secure boot

Posted Sep 10, 2012 8:27 UTC (Mon) by ekj (subscriber, #1524)
In reply to: Preparing the kernel for UEFI secure boot by eru
Parent article: Preparing the kernel for UEFI secure boot

Indeed. "turn this key to automatically certify the next thing that boots" would be fine -- and I strongly suspect that if that was the mechanism, people *wouldn't* accept machines that where sold without keys, and for which MS and others hold keys, but where the owner does NOT get keys.


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