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Re: Plug-and-wipe and Secure Boot semantics


From: Florian Weimer <fweimer () redhat com>
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:11:21 +0100

On 12/18/2012 01:46 PM, Florian Weimer wrote:
Some UEFI machines seem to boot from USB by default, without any
prompting, probably assuming that a signed boot loader cannot cause any
damage.

I got a different BIOS for the Lenovo M72e 0896A9G, which does not contain Secure Boot support, bot still boots from plugged-in USB sticks with an UEFI boot loader on them by default. So this is just a choice made by Lenovo in general, totally independent of Secure Boot support.

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Florian Weimer / Red Hat Product Security Team


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