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Linux Foundation's Secure Boot Pre-Bootloader Released

Posted by timothy on from the what-about-the-pre-pre-pre-bootloader? dept.

hypnosec writes "The Linux Foundation's UEFI Secure Boot pre-bootloader for independent Linux distros and software developers has finally been released. Announcing the release of the secure boot system James Bottomley noted that the signed pre-bootloader was delivered by Microsoft on February 6th. Bottomley has released two validated files: PreLoader.efi and HashTool.efi. Bottomley has also created a bootable mini-USB image that provides 'an EFI shell where the kernel should be and uses Gummiboot to boot.' Just last week the pre-bootloader had to be rewritten to accommodate booting of all versions of Linux."

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  1. Re:What about *BSD? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Incidentally.. Microsoft will have two keys. One for Windows, and another for "third party" stuff.

    So they can revoke everyone's software and leave theirs working.

    BTW: Anyone interested in the abuses that UEFI allows should read both the UEFI guidelines and the Microsoft Mandate (the rules they apply to OEMs for Win8 certs, and anyone wanting to have their software signed).

    Microsoft's rules violate several of the guidelines - unsurprisingly those to do with who actually controls the PC.