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   Aragorn to All   
   Re: FYI [OT] Linux Foundation Secure Boo   
   10 Feb 13 03:50:51   
   
   XPost: alt.os.linux.mageia   
   From: stryder@telenet.be.invalid   
      
   On Sunday 10 February 2013 03:45, Adam conveyed the following to   
   alt.os.linux.mageia...   
      
   > Jim Beard wrote:   
   >   
   >> Not true.  The number who need a "secure boot" method is small, but   
   >> those folks carry a lot of weight.   
   >   
   > My question is, just how secure IS "secure boot", given MS's track   
   > record?  How long will it be until some cracker can circumvent it?   
      
   Has already been done, and more than once too. ;-)   
      
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