[ubuntu-uk] heads up - Secure Boot Problems for Linux Users Are Here Already

[Avi Greenbury]

James Morrissey wrote:
 
> As such, as i understand it, the problem is not that MS are advocating
> for secure boot. Instead its that while they do so they are not
> insisting that the secure boot option be something that can be
> overridden, or switched off, if the user wishes to install a piece of
> software that they approve of.

No. Why would they? Much as it'd be nice for MS to insist that the
secure UEFI not get in anybody else's way, that's not really something
to expect them to do. This is the job of industry regulation.

> So, while i agree that MS's approach to secure boot is
> anti-competitive behavior wrapped up in narrative of security, having
> secure boot systems that could easily - and i mean in a totally user
> friendly way (ideally through a GUI) - be switched off would be a good
> thing for all users.

Well, it would add it to firewalls, adminsistrator access and IE's
secutrity controls - another item in the list of things that helpdesks
will insist you do to make sure their thing works before they offer to
help you futher.

If it's to do the job it's intended to do, it has to be hard to turn
off. If it's easy to turn off, it might as well not be there.

-- 
Avi