<div>See Matthew Garrett's blog on this:</div><div><br></div><a href="http://mjg59.livejournal.com/138973.html">http://mjg59.livejournal.com/138973.html</a> (part 1)<div><a href="http://mjg59.livejournal.com/139232.html">http://mjg59.livejournal.com/139232.html</a> (part 2)<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 8:44 PM, Adam Nielsen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:a.nielsen@shikadi.net">a.nielsen@shikadi.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
> It as part of the Windows 8 OEM scheme Microsoft requires the OEM's to lock<br>
> down the computer to only run windows 8 or other "authorized" OS'es via a<br>
> signature system.[1] for "security" reasons.<br>
<br>
Has anyone actually seen proof of this? From what I've seen it will be up to<br>
manufacturers whether they provide some ability to sign your own code or not<br>
to work with their hardware. Can you imagine how much Dell would lose on<br>
their 30-day no-questions-asked guarantee if Linux people started returning<br>
thousands of new PCs because they couldn't install Linux on them? Hell, I'd<br>
buy a bunch of new PCs just to return them if that ever happened :-)<br>
<br>
I don't think Microsoft would seriously consider requiring manufacturers to<br>
lock out other operating systems (that's just asking for trouble, MS aren't<br>
stupid) so I think people might be panicking a bit too soon. Let's not forget<br>
all the hassle they had for merely preinstalling a web browser...<br>
<br>
I for one would gladly sign my newly compiled Linux kernel for the increased<br>
security it could offer. Having recently had to clean up a rootkit, I look<br>
forward to the day when I can set my system up so that even root can't run<br>
binaries unless they've been signed by my distro.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Adam.<br>
<br>
<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Jason Nicholls<br><a href="mailto:jason@mindsocket.com.au" target="_blank">jason@mindsocket.com.au</a><br>0430 314 857<br><br>
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