Red Hat Will Pay Microsoft To Get Past UEFI Restrictions

[Bryn M. Reeves]

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On 06/01/2012 04:56 AM, JD wrote:
> FWIW, perhaps - just perhaps - this is an attempt by MS and redhat 
> (and perhaps others like Oracle), to try an convince government
> customers that a system with a signed bootloader and kernel and
> modules, provides for such greater security, that the gov should
> spend the money to revamp all their installations.

Afaik it's the other way around. The government customers have
mandated (via updated security standards) that operating systems
qualified for use in certain environments and duties must support
strong verification including code signing and checking.

> Given the atmosphere we live in today (be it real or fabricated), 
> and if my supposition re: the motive for a signed bootloader are
> true, then it seems the strategy might just work - and the
> colluding parties will get rich off of the taxpayers of course.

I think Occam's razor applies here.

Regards,
Bryn.


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