On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 4:46 PM, llemike...@aol.com <llemike...@aol.com> wrote: > 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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
You are probably not reading misc@ or other forums (not even OpenBSD specific) too much, right? http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=133857397722515&w=2 - for example > > We are potentially talking about the end of BSD (or Linux...) on x86 > hardware. No way and typical customers which are not target of OpenBSD will not care for sure. > > Am I overly pessimistic? Have I missed something? World is trying much worse stuff than UEFI http://extratorrent.com/article/2263/uk+prime+minister+calls+for+online+porn+ban.html > > 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
