[Discuss] Fwd: [linux_forensics] Did you see this ? - Linux Foundation Announces Secure Boot Solution ....

Rich Pieri richard.pieri at gmail.com
Thu Nov 1 16:02:53 EDT 2012


> this UEFI specification associates the firmware with a signing key
> that prohibits users from installing a new operating system. The

This is a lie. UEFI Secure Boot prohibits the running of an unsigned
boot loader and it prevents modification to itself. This is all UEFI
Secure Boot does. Once UEFI hands starts the boot loader it is
completely out of the loop.

I didn't read the rest of the article.

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Rich P.



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