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Date:	Sat, 3 Nov 2012 00:23:39 +0000
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Chris Friesen <chris.friesen@...band.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
	Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>,
	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>, Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.de>,
	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

On Fri, Nov 02, 2012 at 11:46:07PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Fri, 02 Nov 2012 16:19:39 -0600
> Chris Friesen <chris.friesen@...band.com> wrote:
> > On 11/02/2012 04:03 PM, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> > > Matthew Garrett<mjg59@...f.ucam.org>  writes:
> > >> And if any of them are used to attack Linux, we'd expect those versions
> > >> of Windows to be blacklisted.
> 
> This is the first laugh. So they revoke the key. For that to be useful
> they must propogate that into all the boxes in warehouses and all the new
> boxes. If they do that then all the existing store stock of Windows 8 DVD
> and CD media needs replacing.

Revocation is done via Windows Update. If they refuse to do that, well, 
lawyers, right?

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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