LXer: What is measured boot and trusted boot on Linux
by LXer from LinuxQuestions.org on (#59300)
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Sometimes I'm looking around for a subject to write about, and realise that there's one that I assume that I've covered, but, on searching, discover that I haven't. One of those topics is measured boot*and trusted boot-sometimes misleadingly referred to as "secure boot." There are specific procedures that use these terms with capital letters (e.g., Secure Boot), which I'm going to try to avoid discussing in this article. I'm more interested in the generic processes-and a major potential downfall-than in trying to go into the ins and outs of specifics.read more
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Sometimes I'm looking around for a subject to write about, and realise that there's one that I assume that I've covered, but, on searching, discover that I haven't. One of those topics is measured boot*and trusted boot-sometimes misleadingly referred to as "secure boot." There are specific procedures that use these terms with capital letters (e.g., Secure Boot), which I'm going to try to avoid discussing in this article. I'm more interested in the generic processes-and a major potential downfall-than in trying to go into the ins and outs of specifics.read more
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