Red Hat Will Pay Microsoft To Get Past UEFI Restrictions

[Thibault Nélis]

On 06/05/2012 05:20 AM, JD wrote:
> Well, I was thinking of distros.
> Since I will not be the creator of the Linux ISO
> which I will be downloading and burning onto a DVD,
> how can I create those keys and insert them into the
> DVD without going through the whole rigmarole
> of building the OS and the whole ISO in the first place?
> At least, this is how I understand how this is supposed
> to work. If I am wrong, perhaps Alan Cox or Thibault Nelis,
> or Sam Varshavchik can elucidate.

Supposing your OEM isn't abusing his powers and respects Microsoft's 
requirements if it's an x86 platform, you should be able to add your own 
key in the firmware, which will be used to verify the boot loader.  If 
this thing is well designed (I assume it is), you won't have to flip a 
single bit on the boot loader and certainly not rebuild it (provided it 
does support secure boot in the first place).
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t