Am 07.07.2012 15:05, schrieb Fernando Cassia: > Thus, for starters, RedHat´s decision to pay for a signing key is the > practical approach, so users will be able to boot Fedora without > tweaking their BIOS/CMOS settings. > > But what I think could be challenged with antitrust regulators is > Microsoft CHARGING for it. To keep it a level playing field MSFT > should issue free keys to any OS development firm that asks for one, > whether commercial or open source. well, and this is what makes "secure boot" practically useless * using it: too many restrictions * doing like you said: over the long untrusted BTW: are you aware that the key itself is from verisign? the will not give microsoft unlimited keys for free the whole "secure boot" idea is crap
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