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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 poetmatt · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    nothing of what you said has anything to do with BSD. BSD isn't about being able to run whatever you want. That's GPL.