Re: *countable infinities only

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On 05/31/2012 01:03 PM, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:53:30PM -0400, Gerry Reno wrote:
>> On 05/31/2012 12:51 PM, Matthew Garrett wrote:
>>> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:49:53PM -0400, Gerry Reno wrote:
>>>> The issue could be solved by having the SecureBoot default setting depend on the OS being booted:
>>>>
>>>> SecureBoot should only be Default:ON for Microsoft OS's and any other OS's that want to deal with that
>>>>
>>>> and should be Default:OFF for all others.
>>> How do you distinguish between a non-Microsoft OS and a piece of malware 
>>> that will then boot a Microsoft OS?
>>>
>> The Microsoft OS should refuse to boot if it is being invoked in an unauthorized manner.
> How does the Microsoft OS know that it's being invoked in an 
> unauthorised manner?
>

Could be any of a thousand ways to implement this.

Maybe it checks the BIOS to determine whether some SecureBoot flag is set.

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