Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 14 Jul 2023 10:13:10 +0100 | From | Matthew Garrett <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH v2] x86/boot: add .sbat section to the bzImage |
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On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 10:52:20AM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> Maybe the OEMs have gotten better at this over the years, but it is > definitely not possible for the distros to rely on being able to get > their own cert into KEK and sign their builds directly.
Getting certs into local machine databases should[1] be possible on all Windows certified machines, but in the status-quo there's no cross-vendor solution to doing this. Relying on the Shim-provided mechanisms is much safer from a consistency perspective.
[1] Every time someone has claimed it's impossible to me I've ended up demonstrating otherwise, but that's not a guarantee
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