Understanding Secure Boot Certificate Rollover and Its Impact on Linux Users
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Summary
The article discusses the implications of Secure Boot certificate rollover, particularly focusing on the claim that Linux users rely on a Microsoft key set to expire in September. It clarifies the mechanics of Secure Boot signing, explaining how trusted certificates work in UEFI systems. The piece suggests the initial assertion may be misleading or incorrect, highlighting the lack of a definitive source of truth on the matter.
Key quotes
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Every system that supports UEFI secure boot ships with a set of trusted certificates in a database called 'db'.
This is, depending on interpretation, either misleading or just plain wrong, but also there's not a good source of truth here.
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