[PLUG] UEFI and Secure Boot (was ALERT: July 5th speaker cancellation...)

[Robert Munro]

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On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 10:54:16 -0700 Michael Dexter wrote:
> On 6/28/12 2:47 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
>>> I still want very much to hear about UEFI. Alas, I know nothing
>>> about it.
> I found this in my inbox today:
> 
> UEFI and Secure Boot No Free Boots
> 
> The imminent Windows 8 implementation of UEFI with Secure Boot adds
> an extra layer of complexity for some Linux users. We look at the
> problem and two solutions from Fedora and Canonical.
> 
> http://linux-magazine.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=1c76cb37f73773b4962ae429b&id=cd172065b0&e=2bde0f9ae5
>
> 
The FSF has written an uncompromising white paper on this topic. PJ
has highlighted and reproduced it at Groklaw:

http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2012070213044413 .

It is also, of course, available at the FSF in both HTML and PDF format:

https://www.fsf.org/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot/whitepaper-web


and

https://www.fsf.org/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot/whitepaper.pdf
.

It's not light reading, but the danger to Linux users seems to be real.

Regards,
Robert





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