On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 06:39:18PM -0700, ToddAndMargo wrote: > Hi All, > > There are rumors flying about that SOF (Son-of-Frankenstein, > a.k.a. Windows 10) will be locking itself into UEFI bios so > that you can not boot into other operating systems. > > If this is the case, what are the implications to Live > CD/USB? > > Will we not be able to boot off of Live to do maintenance > on SOF? > > Do I misunderstand how UEFI lock works? Will it only lock > you out of the hard drive for booting purposes? > > And, if you can still boot off of Live, will the lock > keep you out of doing maintenance on the hard drive?
pjones thinks the article is a mistake: https://lwn.net/Articles/637605/ Also note that secure boot doesn't protect against an attacker with physical access to the system. It protects against unauthorized updates being applied automatically. -- Brian C. Lane | Anaconda Team | IRC: bcl #anaconda | Port Orchard, WA (PST8PDT) -- livecd mailing list [email protected] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/livecd
