Comment on The creator of systemd wants your entire system validated by SecureBoot
arcine@jlai.lu 1 day ago
The option of having a full auth trust chain would be nice for some security applications, but the implication that it could be made compulsory is terrifying.
It’s Linux. In what world do you imagine there wouldn’t be 87 forks that went in a different direction.
Linux cannot be controlled, at least as it stands today.
When Linux disappears I have some fears. But jerk as he may be, he’s also incredibly effective at keeping it open.
In what world do you imagine there wouldn’t be 87 forks that went in a different direction.
In every world. Linux is not just the codebase, it’s all the developer work going into it daily. Hundreds of forks and downstreams can pick whichever direction they want, most of that work will still be directed one way.
But this proposal for a full auto-chain isn’t a proposal by Linus and many thousands contributors. It’s the proposal of a commercial entity that doesn’t control Linux in any way.
Yes, this commercial entity founded by people who have a literal track record of doing exactly that Image
You can already secure boot if you want. But like always, you gotta set it up yourself in a complicated manner :D
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 12 hours ago
It’ll start as an option and slide into compulsory later. It’s the Systemd way.