| Date | Fri, 2 Nov 2012 10:55:32 -0400 | From | Vivek Goyal <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] Second attempt at kernel secure boot support |
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On Thu, Nov 01, 2012 at 10:29:17AM -0400, Eric Paris wrote: > On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 5:59 AM, James Bottomley > <James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com> wrote: > > > But that doesn't really help me: untrusted root is an oxymoron. > > Imagine you run windows and you've never heard of Linux. You like > that only windows kernels can boot on your box and not those mean > nasty hacked up malware kernels. Now some attacker manages to take > over your box because you clicked on that executable for young models > in skimpy bathing suits. That executable rewrote your bootloader to > launch a very small carefully crafted Linux environment. This
Rewrote bootloader on disk so that it gets executed next time? It will not run as signature will not match.
Thanks Vivek
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