Re: Proposed F19 Feature: Package Signature Checking During Installation

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Matthew Garrett wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 09, 2013 at 03:20:16PM +0100, Tomas Mraz wrote:
>> On Wed, 2013-01-09 at 14:15 +0000, Matthew Garrett wrote:
>> > Yes, if you boot an installer that doesn't verify signatures, you won't
>> > verify signatures.
>> 
>> But then what's the difference from distrusting the contents of an
>> installation image booted without SecureBoot in play?
> 
> I've no idea, I'm just pointing out that this has nothing to do with
> F18. Computers intended to run arbitrary code will run arbitrary code.

This just proves that "Secure" Boot provides no security whatsoever, it's 
just security theater in an attempt to enforce monopolistic restrictions 
(which are already being put into practice on ARM devices by the monopoly, 
so it's not just a theoretical possibility).

        Kevin Kofler

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