[Discuss] Fighting UEFI

Chuck Anderson cra at WPI.EDU
Sat Jul 28 20:32:54 EDT 2012


On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 06:23:33PM -0500, Jack Coats wrote:
> I am guessing someone will either come up with a crack, or will buy a
> 'certificate' and it will be 'leaked' or otherwise subverted before
> long.
> 
> I could envision a boot program could have it installed, and just be
> used as a system loader like grub, and it would be the boot loader
> that has a certificate rather than the entire system.  It won't take
> long for the 'license cost' to be amortized to under $.01 per system.

If that happens, the key will just be revoked.



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