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UEFI secure boot kernel restrictions

UEFI secure boot kernel restrictions

Posted Nov 8, 2012 18:46 UTC (Thu) by faramir (subscriber, #2327)
In reply to: UEFI secure boot kernel restrictions by jake
Parent article: UEFI secure boot kernel restrictions

The whole idea of UEFI secure boot and Linux seems to have started as an ease (possibility?) of use issue rather then due to a strong desire to improve Linux security. That's not to say that people working on this don't also desire to improve Linux security. Just that that might not be their primary concern.


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UEFI secure boot kernel restrictions

Posted Nov 8, 2012 20:23 UTC (Thu) by pjones (subscriber, #31722) [Link]

Yeah, it's fair to say we weren't planning on spending the 5 or so man-years we've spent on Secure Boot implementing it until we found out that we absolutely had to.

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