On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 8:31 AM, chris <tknch...@gmail.com> wrote:
> We can all see where this is going... MS has OEM's lockout UEFI, some new > "team" will pop up and start the PC jailbreak/unlock scene, MS will cry that > its illegal, court wont even understand wtf is going on, etc, etc ... > > :) > > On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Tom H <tomh0...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 7:10 AM, Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > On Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:18:07 +1000, Alex wrote: >> > >> >> Any comments on the "Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) >> >> firmware" and its ability to preclude booting from alternative >> operating >> >> systems such as Linux, BSD etc., would be greatly appreciated, as per >> >> article entitled "Windows 8 secure boot would 'exclude' Linux" at >> >> >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/21/secure_boot_firmware_linux_exclusion_fears/ >> > >> > I recently read several IT media articles for that news, but I find them >> > a bit lacking, that is, what is the real scope for that -crazy- >> proposal? >> >> It's not that crazy from MS's perspective. Not only is it intended to >> make Windows more secure (at least from a sales perspective) but it >> may very well prevent me, for example, from installing Fedora on my >> netbook as I've done. It's not MS's first attempt. There was a >> hardware-based attempt a few years ago with Trusted Computing and the >> TPM chip. IIRC the GNU people re-baptized it Treacherous Computing! :) >> >> >> -- >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org >> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >> listmas...@lists.debian.org >> Archive: >> http://lists.debian.org/caodoszisgp0r61kg-944ukoxss_gwxbhucoroyjftm6h9y...@mail.gmail.com >> >> I have a new concern: I just tried to actually read the UEFI specs on > their web site & surprise,surprise...You have to give them personal info > just to get to it. I now wonder if I have already purchased & installed > equipment that has this spec. enabled. I built a completely new system a few > months ago. Is there any way to tell what has been enabled. It shows up as a > regular AMI bios. > I am currently able to boot 4 different OS on it, but what happens if I upgrade the bios?? I will be researching this further..
