[Discuss] Fighting UEFI

[cra at WPI.EDU (Chuck Anderson)]

On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 01:25:58PM -0400, Tom Metro wrote:
> Chuck Anderson wrote:
> > It is ironic that in this case, making sure the hardware you buy is
> > Windows 8 certified ensures that you will be able to turn off Secure
> > Boot...
> 
> We're talking x86 here, right?

Yes.

> Has something changed recently that I missed? When I first read about
> Secure Boot it was made clear that Microsoft required support of Secure
> Boot on x86, but did not require that there be a user setting to turn it
> off. They only allowed for that possibility.

See my other post where I quote the Microsoft document saying they
REQUIRE vnedors to make a way to DISABLE Secure Boot on x86 in order
to be Windows 8 certified.