Be realistic. Talking about it on misc won't change anything.
>Dear <Your name should be here ;-) >,
>
>I have been considering the implications for BSD and
>Linux and any non-MS O/S of the implementation of UEFI
>Secure Boot (SB).
>
>As I understand it, ARM devices wishing to receive Win8 cert
>are required to enable SB by default and prevent the disabling
>of SB.
>
>Meanwhile, x86 devices are supposed to ship with SB enabled
>but allow disabling...
>
>For some commentators, the x86 situation has been presented
>as MS leaving a back-door for other OSes such as BSD or Linux
>etc. i.e. "Don't worry about it"
>
>I think it is, in fact, that MS is seeking to temporarily provide a
>back-door for Win XP, Vista and Win7.
>
>As each MS OS reaches end-of-paid-for-support (e.g. XP in 2014)
>MS will slowly relax the UEFI SB specification such that the ability to
>disable SB will gradually disappear from x86-based devices.
>
>I am surprised that there is so little discussion of this developing
>situation on BSD and/or Linux lists because for me, the red lights
>are flashing, all bells and hooters are sounding,
>"We gotta get out of here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
>
>We are potentially talking about the end of BSD (or Linux...) on x86
>hardware.
>
>Am I overly pessimistic? Have I missed something?
>
>OR
>
>Am I Jeremiah shouting "There's a flood coming! There's a f******
>flood coming, PEOPLE!" while everybody else is roasting sausages
>on their barbecues?
>
>Mike
