On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:53:30PM -0400, Gerry Reno wrote:
On 05/31/2012 12:51 PM, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:49:53PM -0400, Gerry Reno wrote:
>> The issue could be solved by having the SecureBoot default setting depend on the
OS being booted:
>>
>> SecureBoot should only be Default:ON for Microsoft OS's and any other
OS's that want to deal with that
>>
>> and should be Default:OFF for all others.
> How do you distinguish between a non-Microsoft OS and a piece of malware
> that will then boot a Microsoft OS?
>
The Microsoft OS should refuse to boot if it is being invoked in an unauthorized manner.
How does the Microsoft OS know that it's being invoked in an
unauthorised manner?
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