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

[Alan Bell]

On 02/06/12 14:26, Andres Muniz wrote:
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> I'm getting a bit confused now.
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http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/12368.html
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> Everybody seems Does the fedora payment of $99 to verisign mean that 
> the computer that could or could not have windows preinstalled will 
> alow to install fedora and windows but not fedora derivatives?
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derivatives would be able to pay their own $99 (one off payment per 
distro it would appear) they might have to prove they will use it 
responsibly or something, I don't know. Alternatively other distros 
could instruct users to turn off secure boot.
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> Would fedora users then have the hability to easily turn it off?
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turn what off?
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> The ideal bit could be that fedora users could also avoid windows 
> usrers in the grounds that it's probable source of malwar?
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avoiding windows users is an interesting strategy, not sure that would 
be easy to implement.
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> Could linux foundation do the same for the servers? beause they can be 
> "cracked" in a similar way?
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servers generally won't get the secure boot thing. Odd really because it 
kind of makes more sense to me in that context.

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