Re: [Discuss] UEFI secure boot pre-loader security considered further Re: Fwd: [linux_forensics] Did you see this ? - Linux Foundation Announces Secure Boot Solution ....

2012-11-05 Thread Tom Metro
Rich Pieri wrote: Jerry Feldman wrote: The bottom line here is that UEFI will prevent some Linux users from installing Linux, especially in the near future. No, it will not. Anyone who tells you otherwise is either lying or has bought into the anti-Microsoft propaganda. There is no truth

Re: [Discuss] UEFI secure boot pre-loader security considered further Re: Fwd: [linux_forensics] Did you see this ? - Linux Foundation Announces Secure Boot Solution ....

2012-11-05 Thread Rich Pieri
On Mon, 05 Nov 2012 13:00:56 -0400 Tom Metro tmetro+...@gmail.com wrote: I haven't seen any recent articles that have made this claim. What I The Linux Foundation article that sparked this thread repeatedly made precisely this claim. have seen expressed is a concern that non-technical users

Re: [Discuss] UEFI secure boot pre-loader security considered further Re: Fwd: [linux_forensics] Did you see this ? - Linux Foundation Announces Secure Boot Solution ....

2012-11-02 Thread Jerry Feldman
The bottom line here is that UEFI will prevent some Linux users from installing Linux, especially in the near future. I suspect that all major distros will be able to install on a UEFI system with very little user interaction. However, we also need to gain some knowledge so that when we do

Re: [Discuss] UEFI secure boot pre-loader security considered further Re: Fwd: [linux_forensics] Did you see this ? - Linux Foundation Announces Secure Boot Solution ....

2012-11-02 Thread Rich Pieri
On Fri, 02 Nov 2012 10:17:21 -0400 Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org wrote: The bottom line here is that UEFI will prevent some Linux users from installing Linux, especially in the near future. I suspect that all No, it will not. Anyone who tells you otherwise is either lying or has bought into the