*countable infinities only

[Seth Johnson]

On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 1:14 AM, Matthew Garrett <mjg59 at srcf.ucam.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 01:00:33AM -0400, Seth Johnson wrote:
>> On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 12:58 AM, Matthew Garrett <mjg59 at srcf.ucam.org> wrote:
>> > On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 12:54:56AM -0400, Seth Johnson wrote:
>> >
>> >> But the best thing is that a free software UEFI would let anybody put
>> >> their own key as hardware root, and this would stymie the
>> >> rationalizing of big shots holding root and granting signing services
>> >> to their hardware.
>> >
>> > All UEFI implementations we're aware of will be shipping with support
>> > for replacing all the secure boot keys, including Pk. UEFI itself is
>> > also entirely free software, although specific implementations may not
>> > be.
>>
>>
>> Then write a better UEFI.  No need for a shim.
>
> The machine will have a functional UEFI implementation. Why would we
> want to replace it?


Um, because you're not asking permission?


Seth