meant to send to the list ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Greg Rundlett (freephile) <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 1:27 PM Subject: Re: [Discuss] Fwd: Windows 8, Bootloader Signing To: John Abreau <[email protected]>
Is there a technical reason why this can't be made an option? Instead of every windows 8 machine being controlled can't the user decide? Ie. ACME corp. decides they only run Windows and want a "secure" environment (wow that sounds like an oxymoron) so they configure the OS to only run if the BIOS is signed. TopHat corp. decides they want a mixed environment; including free and custom software. They configure Windows to only check itself for problems, and leave the larger scoped issues to TopHat. Also, how does this impact virtual machines? Does it mean that any non-proprietary virtualization product also won't work? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_platform_virtual_machines Won't there be a lot of resistance to this from a lot of big technology players - meaning it's not just the individual who is getting the shaft? On Sep 21, 2011 10:30 AM, "John Abreau" <[email protected]> wrote: > I sense a disturbance in the Force... :-P > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Thomas Charron <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 9:44 AM > Subject: Windows 8, Bootloader Signing > To: gnhlug <[email protected]> > > > Interesting side effect of security. I'm sure it's coincidence.. > > http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/5552.html > > -- > -- Thomas > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > > > > -- > John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix > AIM abreauj / JABBER [email protected] / YAHOO abreauj / SKYPE zusa_it_mgr > Email [email protected] / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0xD5C7B5D9 > PGP-Key-Fingerprint 72 FB 39 4F 3C 3B D6 5B E0 C8 5A 6E F1 2C BE 99 > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
