Linux Foundation struggles with Microsoft's Secure Boot signing service

Linux Foundation struggles with Microsoft's Secure Boot signing service.

Related article: State of Secure Boot detailed.

-- Tom

 

Is UEFI Secure Boot suppose to be on all Windows 8 computers being sold to the consumer desktop/laptop market?

 

Hi DasFox,

Yes, that seems to be the deal M$ extorted with all the chip Mfgrs - which makes it difficult if not impossible to dual-boot a Linux on those chips without M$ co-operation.

-- Tom

 

Article on Distrowatch Secure Boot has arrived

Oh boy !!

 

why secure boot is needed because even after biomatric security you can peep into windows using live cd and dvd

i wonder how long it last long soon we going to see open source UEFI crack under GPL license

 

German government issues white paper on secure boot.

Download link: Federal Government White Paper on Trusted Computing and Secure Boot (in English: PDF format: 21.2 KB).

-- Tom

 

What a joke this is...

~ Snipped as per TOS ~ M$!

 

agreed secure boot is garbage,just like trusted computing.
speaking of that my cpu doesn't support it.
its just DRM embellished as something useful when really its just crap.

UEFI as well is a bad joke the way its setup as are some of the bios menus iv seen on computers.
what a wast of 64megs,win 3.11 and the like can install with less space then that and do 10000000000x more then their useless UEFI.

 

Really microsoft.........?

 

Starting its own certification authority is what Microsoft did with VeriSign, and it solves the problem. The Linux Foundation could do the same, but...

"The developer added that the Linux Foundation had also considered starting its own certification authority but had abandoned this plan because it would have required a huge effort and incurred high costs."

...they want facilitations...

 

This is so incredibly annoying to me. It makes me seriously consider just getting new macs from here on out because they will happily let me dual boot.

 

I have news for you: Apple is part of the UEFI Forum. At some point, they will probably also support the Secure Boot (as it's an integral part of latest UEFI spec).

http://www.uefi.org/about/

However, unlike Microsoft, I think Apple won't try to help others providing a cheap signing service for concurrents. lol

 

Are computer parts and barebone systems secure boot enabled?

 

- UEFI 2.3.1 (the version of the spec with Secure Boot) is installed on motherboards.

- OEMs are free to choose how to enable/disable the support for Secure Boot and can further customize the parameters (they can, for example, totally restrict the deactivation of Secure Boot in their products if they want).

 

Guys, you can DISABLE secure boot on your desktops.
It is not an issue.
Mrk

 

Well that makes me extremely happy!!!

 

Some motherboards may not have that option in the future.

 

It is for users who don't want to disable a security feature just to install an OS. Or who aren't familiar enough with computers to disable it easily, who will be turned away from installing Linux because it's just one more step in the process that makes Linux seem like it's not ready for normal users.

 

Unless and until Linux foundations puts its whip up and comes out with a Linux certified motherboard and laptop programs, I see only grief in the future. Of course commercial and supercomp realm would not be affected by this.

 

Reference ?

"Microsoft's certification requirements eventually revealed that that UEFI firmware on x86 systems must allow users to re-configure or turn off secure boot" (emphasis mine).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_8

 

What about motherboards for ARM systems.

 

OEMs won't though. Secure boot does not work with Win 7s and other operating systems (at the moment). Windows 8 requires that it can be user disabled. What use case is there for an OEM disabling it ?

 

Microsoft Surface with Windows RT for example. Other devices with Windows RT seem to have the same restriction.

 

Windows 8 RT is a locked down platform that does not even support installing any other OS, so not relevant to this thread.
I don't know of any other ARM motherboards supporting Secure Boot at the moment.

 

What about future motherboards for ARM systems.