On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 6:39 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > UEFI boot (aka Secure Boot to Windows) is tightly integrated into the boot > process.
It was the "can't get into firmware setup if you install without UEFI" aspect that really surprised me. It may be worth pointing out here that "UEFI boot" is not mutually inclusive with "secure boot". Secure boot checks for cryptographic signatures on the boot files, countering root kits that try to insert themselves in before the OS even starts. One can disable that check, while still using UEFI boot, at least in some implementations. So, all "secure boot" is "UEFI boot", but not all "UEFI boot" is "secure boot". I should also state that was I call the "Windows boot loader" in my original post is officially known as "Windows Boot Manager". -- Ben
