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UEFI secure boot kernel restrictions

UEFI secure boot kernel restrictions

Posted Nov 10, 2012 0:32 UTC (Sat) by bjencks (subscriber, #80303)
In reply to: UEFI secure boot kernel restrictions by ekj
Parent article: UEFI secure boot kernel restrictions

This allows you to have a trusted source of updates, and easily install new kernels signed by that source without having to jump through the physical presence proof hoops every time.


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UEFI secure boot kernel restrictions

Posted Nov 10, 2012 1:36 UTC (Sat) by hummassa (subscriber, #307) [Link]

IOW: trust Microsoft, they know what they're doing.
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UEFI secure boot kernel restrictions

Posted Nov 11, 2012 20:50 UTC (Sun) by bjencks (subscriber, #80303) [Link]

I was actually thinking of trusting Red Hat or Canonical, or maybe (hypothetically) my own internal trust anchor installed in my desktop or server fleet.

And if you do use Windows (which several hundred million people do), trusting Microsoft is pretty sensible.

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