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Windows 10 May Make the Secure Boot Lock Out a Reality for Alternate OSs

posted by martyb on Saturday May 30 2015, @01:52AM   Printer-friendly
from the Embrace-Extend-Extinguish dept.

ticho writes with an Ars Technica report:

At its WinHEC hardware conference in Shenzhen, China, Microsoft talked about the hardware requirements for Windows 10. The precise final specs are not available yet, so all this is somewhat subject to change, but right now, Microsoft says that the switch to allow Secure Boot to be turned off is now optional. Hardware can be Designed for Windows 10 and can offer no way to opt out of the Secure Boot lock down.

The presentation is silent on whether OEMs can or should provide support for adding custom certificates.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by kaszz on Saturday May 30 2015, @05:34PM

    by kaszz (4211) on Saturday May 30 2015, @05:34PM (#190156) Journal

    Some issues that seems unclear is:
      * How many of the OEM or hardware manufacturers (designers?) will omit the option to turn "secure boot" off ?
      * What's the same status on custom signatures with the different manufacturers?
      * Can the boot chain be hacked, just like it's done on smartphones? and thus start an alternative boot.

    I would like that the EFF or similar institution would have the right to sign kernels in addition to the bad faith corporation.

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