From: rich@example.invalid   
      
   Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:   
   > In comp.misc, Lawrence D'Oliveiro   wrote:   
   >> One of the key things regularly trumpeted about Linux is about its   
   >> ability to give new life to old machines.   
   >   
   > The only real use case for secure boot is part of defense in depth   
   > from someone who can get physical access to machine.  Or to try to   
   > lock owners out of their hardware, but who would do that?   
      
   It has a second use case.  It prevents malware from installing itself   
   into the firmware boot chain and becoming as a result almost impossible   
   to clear from the machine.   
      
   Of course, this also assumes an owner who does not answer "yes" to   
   every dialog box that pops up just to make the dialog box go away.  The   
   human in the loop is almost always the weak link in any security   
   protocol.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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