On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 5:06 PM Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 4:59 PM, Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Ok. So we can build distribution kernels that *always* have this on, and to > > turn it off you have to disable Secure Boot and install a different kernel. > Bingo. > Exactly like EVERY OTHER KERNEL CONFIG OPTION. So your argument is that we should make the user experience worse? Without some sort of verified boot mechanism, lockdown is just security theater. There's no good reason to enable it unless you have some mechanism for verifying that you booted something you trust. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
