Concur with other comments re: restricted boot [LWN.net]

Concur with other comments re: restricted boot

Posted Jan 3, 2013 16:44 UTC (Thu) by dskoll (subscriber, #1630)
In reply to: Concur with other comments re: restricted boot by gregkh
Parent article: The H Year: 2012's Wins, Fails and Mehs

So "mandating" this isn't really going to change anything.

It certainly will:

It will prevent Microsoft from changing the rules if it thinks it can.
It will punish system vendors who "accidentally" ship a "buggy" BIOS that doesn't permit users to supply their own keys or turn off Secure Boot.

Microsoft currently sets the rules, but please tell me what the penalty is for "accidentally" selling a system that only boots Windows?

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Concur with other comments re: restricted boot

Posted Jan 3, 2013 17:04 UTC (Thu) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239) [Link]

Supposedly, their membership in the certification program is terminated. If you find any examples, let me know and we'll find out.

Concur with other comments re: restricted boot

Posted Jan 4, 2013 15:19 UTC (Fri) by dskoll (subscriber, #1630) [Link]

Well, did Lenovo fix this bug or have they just not cared?

Concur with other comments re: restricted boot

Posted Jan 4, 2013 15:29 UTC (Fri) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239) [Link]

That's got nothing to do with the shim approach, so it doesn't seem like what Jon's talking about.