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| From: | pk <peterk2@××××××××.se> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-user@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-user] Lockdown: free/open OS maker pays Microsoft ransom for the right to boot on users' computers | ||
| Date: | Sat, 02 Jun 2012 19:53:46 | ||
| Message-Id: | 4FCA6EDB.4070908@coolmail.se | ||
| In Reply to: | Re: [gentoo-user] Lockdown: free/open OS maker pays Microsoft ransom for the right to boot on users' computers by Florian Philipp |
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| 1 | On 2012-06-02 15:12, Florian Philipp wrote: |
| 2 | |
| 3 | > According to [1] it is SHA-256 and RSA-2048. If I understand it |
| 4 | > correctly, there are means to blacklist compromised keys. That's |
| 5 | > why |
| 6 | |
| 7 | Just curious, how is a "compromised" key supposed to be blacklisted? |
| 8 | Does the bios contact Microsoft, or is it through some other mean (via |
| 9 | OS which means it needs to have some sort of service to check for this |
| 10 | blacklist)? Smells like trouble to me... :-/ |
| 11 | |
| 12 | Best regards |
| 13 | |
| 14 | Peter K |
| Subject | Author |
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| Re: [gentoo-user] Lockdown: free/open OS maker pays Microsoft ransom for the right to boot on users' computers | Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com> |