-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 06/01/2012 12:15 PM, Alan Cox wrote: > On Fri, 01 Jun 2012 11:59:42 +0100 "Bryn M. Reeves" > <bmr@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 06/01/2012 04:56 AM, JD wrote: >>> FWIW, perhaps - just perhaps - this is an attempt by MS and >>> redhat (and perhaps others like Oracle), to try an convince >>> government customers that a system with a signed bootloader and >>> kernel and modules, provides for such greater security, that >>> the gov should spend the money to revamp all their >>> installations. >> >> Afaik it's the other way around. The government customers have >> mandated (via updated security standards) that operating systems >> qualified for use in certain environments and duties must >> support strong verification including code signing and checking. > > Follow where that came from - this is all part of a long term plan > some of these big companies and their lobbyists are playing. The > push to mandate it came from the people wanting to make tons of > cash selling it. That's how corporate lobbying works in all sorts > of areas. No disagreement at all but the number of crackpot conspiracy claims that seem to be cropping up in these discussions makes it difficult to discuss things rationally. Bickering over who in the open source world has screwed who on this (when it's really other groups who have all the puppet strings to play with) just harms our chances of getting a strong response and actually changing this. > I think so likewise - there are there who aspire to it but 'secure > boot' in its current form straight forward corporate greed and > monopoly playbooks. Ack. I am glad to not be responsible for any of it. Regards, Bryn. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk/ItGUACgkQ6YSQoMYUY96lLgCfUu5BpK1l8Ewq39I+dQ4i1U7U Pq8Anj3L1oioMyJ6fDxp0QgNcy7x7aDe =EXd1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
