Solution to Secure Boot proposed by the Linux Foundation

Alejandro (a.k.a KZKG^Gaara)

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La Linux Foundation and its Technical Advisory Board have presented a plan to provide a starting mechanism for Linux in those machines that have activated UEFI Secure Boot. The chosen formula is as simple as it is efficient: a pre-bootloader signed with a Microsoft key. 


So far, the approach is similar to Fedora, OpenSUSE, and Ubuntu. The pre-loader is able to then start a full manager like GRUB 2, which can boot Linux and any other operating system. Where then is the difference with the three mentioned? The "subtlety" is that this formula does not imply signing the full bootloader.

The Linux Foundation has created a minimal bootloader that will not be able to boot any operating system directly. Instead, it will transfer control to any full boot loader (signed or unsigned), which can boot an operating system.

At first glance the pre-loader could be used to circumvent Secure Boot (which does not allow unsigned code to be executed before the system boots), although it certainly does not. If the pre-loader transfers control to a signed boot loader, the system will boot normally.

Source: Engadget


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  1.   David said
    ago 11 years

    This is great, they break their heads to get more nonsense like this from the firm, and those of unstoppable free software, I discover myself before the gurus, they may not know it but despite everything they are doing a social work, at least with me, because I can't buy a computer and I'm with my amd 1.2Gh 2g ram working better than any windows

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  2.   Jonathan Morales-Salazar said
    ago 11 years

    Wouldn't this slow down the system load?

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  3.   JULY said
    ago 11 years

    CASUALLY DISABLE THE SECURE BOOT, NOW IT DOES NOT ALLOW ME TO ENTER THE BIOS OR THE BOOT OPTIONS …… HOW CAN I RESET IT.

    Thank you ..

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    1.    EDU said
      ago 11 years

      From Windows 8 you can access, but knowing in advance which key to press to access the UEFI

      eduu

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    2.    July said
      ago 9 years

      find out what button you have to press on your pc or laptop (depends on the brand) to access the bios and look for the option to boot safely or something like that and activate it.

      Reply to july
  4.   anfer said
    ago 8 years

    I hope they develop the proposal, I really want to install one of the linux versions, but the damn UIEFI prevents me

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