Chromium OS source released [LWN.net]

Chromium OS source released

Posted Nov 21, 2009 3:00 UTC (Sat) by mbligh (subscriber, #7720)
In reply to: Chromium OS source released by xav
Parent article: Chromium OS source released

We've explicitly said that there's a developer mode switch for the bootloader which will allow you to load a customized version.

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Chromium OS source released

Posted Nov 21, 2009 8:00 UTC (Sat) by xav (guest, #18536) [Link] (1 responses)

Does it allow to verify the integrity of your code, or does the verification work only when using Google's code ?

Chromium OS source released

Posted Nov 21, 2009 20:55 UTC (Sat) by mbligh (subscriber, #7720) [Link]

Not sure we've really considered doing verification for Chromium OS - I don't see much point on a standard machine. If you can't change the BIOS, you can't verify the bootloader, and the whole verification model is broken.

Even if you were running on the custom hardware with modified BIOS, I can't see how it'd know whose signatures to trust?