Linux Foundation Releases Document On UEFI Secure Boot

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The Linux Foundation today released technical guidance (http://www.linuxfoundation.org/publications/making-uefi-secure-boot-work-with-open-platforms) to PC makers on how to implement secure UEFI (http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/79050?hpg1=bn)without locking Linux or other free software off (http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/09/21/062231/how-microsoft-can-lock-linux-off-windows-8-pcs) of new Windows 8 machines. The guidance included a subtle tisk-tisk at Microsoft's Steven Sinofsky for suggesting (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/09/22/protecting-the-pre-os-environment-with-uefi.aspx) that PC owners won't want to mess with control of their hardware and would happily concede it to operating system makers and hardware manufacturers."Canonical and Red Hat have also published a white paper (http://ozlabs.org/docs/uefi-secure-boot-impact-on-linux.pdf) (PDF) suggesting that all OEMs "allow secure boot to be easily disabled and enabled through a firmware configuration interface," among other things.

http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/10/28/1527238/linux-foundation-releases-document-on-uefi-secure-boot