Sentences with phrase «loader signed»
They use a small «shim» boot loader signed by Microsoft, which in turn confirms the main boot loader was signed by the Linux distribution before loading it.
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The Microsoft - signed shim checks to ensure it's booting a boot loader signed by the Linux distribution, and then the Linux distribution boots normally.
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The UEFI firmware won't check to ensure you're running a signed boot loader, and anything will boot.
It's the second, optional key that Microsoft uses to sign Linux boot loaders.
On Intel x86 PCs, you'll be able to add your own security keys to the UEFI firmware, so you could even have your system boot only secure Linux boot loaders that you've signed.
Microsoft actually signs Canonical's Ubuntu boot loader and Fedora's boot loader with a Microsoft corporation key.
When you boot a new Windows 8 PC, the Secure Boot feature in the UEFI firmware checks the operating system loader and its drivers to ensure they're signed by an approved digital signature.
These PCs ship with Microsoft's keys preinstalled, so they're effectively checking Microsoft has signed the boot loader before allowing it to boot.
While Microsoft does sign Linux boot loaders with a Microsoft key, these boot loaders are signed with a separate key from the one Microsoft uses to sign Windows.