Fedora 18 and UEFI

[Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I]

On 07/07/2012 09:21 AM, Reindl Harald wrote:
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> 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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Just another way for M$ to take your money for something that should be 
free to begin with!...


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