[Arm-netbook] Microsoft confirms UEFI fears, locks down ARM devices

[Baybal Ni]

Necrosoft strikes back

On 14 January 2012 10:22, Alain Williams <addw at phcomp.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 05:19:04PM +0000, Luke Leighton wrote:
>> On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 3:20 PM, Alain Williams <addw at phcomp.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> > MS have tried this before, google for the Fritz chip and palladium. It doesn't
>> > seem to have gone very far.
>>
>>  yeah but now it's a complete integrated situation: you *can't* break
>> it.  the only way to "break" this is to literally steal the private
>> key: that's the only method left to gain access and be able to sign
>> alternative bootloaders etc.
>
> That is roughtly what it did all those years ago. I'm not sure if there was
> the ability to refuse to boot if signatures were not verified, but that would
> have been a trivial addition:
>
>        http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/06/28/ms_palladium_protects_it_vendors/
>
>>  p.s. yes this could well end up in front of the monopolies and
>> mergers commission.
>
> Hopefully -- iff MS gets buy in from enough h/ware vendors.
>
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