Re: [RFC] Second attempt at kernel secure boot support

[Matthew Garrett]

On Fri, Nov 02, 2012 at 11:46:07PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Fri, 02 Nov 2012 16:19:39 -0600
> Chris Friesen <chris.friesen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On 11/02/2012 04:03 PM, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> > > Matthew Garrett<mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  writes:
> > >> And if any of them are used to attack Linux, we'd expect those versions
> > >> of Windows to be blacklisted.
> 
> This is the first laugh. So they revoke the key. For that to be useful
> they must propogate that into all the boxes in warehouses and all the new
> boxes. If they do that then all the existing store stock of Windows 8 DVD
> and CD media needs replacing.

Revocation is done via Windows Update. If they refuse to do that, well, 
lawyers, right?

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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