2011年10月30日星期日

有关Secure boot

"Secure boot" is a technology described by recent revisions of the UEFI specification; it offers the prospect of a hardware-verified, malware-free operating system bootstrap process that can improve the security of many system deployments. Linux and other open operating systems will be able to take advantage of secure boot if it is implemented properly in the hardware.

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2011年10月29日星期六

Canonical和Red Hat呼吁Secure boot选择权 zz

几个星期前,微软要求win8认证客户机支持安全启动启动进程内的所有固件和软件都需要可信CA签名,显然微软试图锁定启动进程,阻止安装无签名的第三方系统如Linux。现在Canonical 和 Red Hat 联手发布白皮书UEFI Secure Boot Impact on Linux(PDF),呼吁所有用户应拥有Secure Boot选择权,系统商应建立一个机制让用户来配置自己认可的软件列表,PC机应包含一个应用界面允许用户轻易启用/禁用Secure boot。另外Linux基金会同样也于今日发表了一份UEFI Secure Boot白皮书:Making UEFI Secure Boot Work With Open Platforms。两份白皮书都定义了UEFI Secure Boot 规范应如何定义,以让PC正常运行自由操作系统。

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