Re: Red Hat Will Pay Microsoft To Get Past UEFI Restrictions

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On 06/04/2012 10:39 PM, Thibault Nélis wrote:
On 06/05/2012 05:20 AM, JD wrote:
Well, I was thinking of distros.
Since I will not be the creator of the Linux ISO
which I will be downloading and burning onto a DVD,
how can I create those keys and insert them into the
DVD without going through the whole rigmarole
of building the OS and the whole ISO in the first place?
At least, this is how I understand how this is supposed
to work. If I am wrong, perhaps Alan Cox or Thibault Nelis,
or Sam Varshavchik can elucidate.

Supposing your OEM isn't abusing his powers and respects Microsoft's requirements if it's an x86 platform, you should be able to add your own key in the firmware, which will be used to verify the boot loader. If this thing is well designed (I assume it is), you won't have to flip a single bit on the boot loader and certainly not rebuild it (provided it does support secure boot in the first place).
So, will there be a document that will accompany the ISO,
advising the user what key to insert into the firmware so
that the firmware will be able to authenticate the boot loader?

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