is this true

[Mark Ueki Mina]

I'm sure it will allow things like Grub to touch it. I don't think MS will want to come under fire that much. Someone should download the *Legal* developers preview and see.

Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 07:47:22 -0400
Subject: Re: is this true
From: swfiua at gmail.com
To: ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com

It is sort of true.

MS are using a thing called secure boot in Windows 8, ostensibly to protect users from boot record attacks -- so that would be where malicious attackers mess with your boot record to get you to boot into dodgy code.


I guess another potential use would be in the corporate environment where they don't want employees booting their machines from a USB stick into some weird OS like linux -- or maybe in a few enlightened companies where they don't want you booting into windows ;)


The way it works is you only get to boot into digitally signed OS'es.   Now, in principle it isn't hard to sign your linux OS and have the secure boot stuff have the key to verify your linux.    

I've only read a bit about this, but the problem as I see it is that it is down to the OEM's whether they let their customers configure the set of keys that the secure boot software will have.    MS have said that's not down to us, that is the OEM's choice + if they only use our key then that's not our fault!    But, I do wonder if you are an OEM and you agree to configure your machines this way then you'll get a break on the price from MS.


It is early days, this may all be a none issue, but it does look like this might, at the very least, add another hurdle to installing linux.

John

On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 1:24 AM, Chris <candive1 at gmail.com> wrote:

Linux installs may be blocked by Bios???
http://packetstormsecurity.org/news/view/19904/MS-Denies-Secure-Boot-Will-Exclude-Linux.html



Chris.
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