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Message-ID: <87sj8rwm0p.fsf@xmission.com>
Date:	Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:47:02 -0700
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
Cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
	Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>,
	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>, Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.de>,
	Chris Friesen <chris.friesen@...band.com>,
	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] Second attempt at kernel secure boot support

Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org> writes:

> On Fri, Nov 02, 2012 at 03:03:02PM -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>
>> I don't want my system p0wned in the first place and I don't want to run
>> windows.  Why should I trust Microsoft's signing key?
>
> There's no reason to. Systems that don't trust Microsoft's signing key 
> have no reason to be concerned about Microsoft revocation. 
> Unfortunately, that's not the only set of people we have to worry
> about.

No reason to?  How can I configure an off the shelf system originally
sold with windows 8 installed to boot in UEFI secure boot mode using
shim without trusting Microsoft's key?

Eric
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