On Tue, 26 Feb 2013, Robert Blair wrote:

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> Will FNAL or CERN get some certification to allow them to take advantage
> of the secure boot option?  One of the weakest points of many systems is
> the ability to boot unauthorized media.  This option could work for us
> but I gather it needs work to get certified (and maybe it's too late
> given there are products being sold now with it?).  Does the TUV effort
> generalize to derived ones like SL?

We hope so for SL7.  We plan on getting a "key" as TUV is expected to do.

-Connie Sieh
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> On 02/26/2013 11:46 AM, Connie Sieh wrote:
>> On Tue, 26 Feb 2013, Scott_Gates wrote:
>>
>>> OK, If I needed a desktop, I'd just roll my own. Probably starting
>>> with=20=
>>>
>>> something bare-bones from TigerDirect.
>>>
>>> I'm thinking of buying a new laptop, rather than just recycling old
>>> ones,=
>>> =20
>>> like I have been.=20
>>>
>>> I have HEARD there are issues with trying to install on computers
>>> with=20=
>>>
>>> Windows8 already installed--the only source I have of "CHEAP"
>>> laptops.=20=
>>> =20
>>
>> If a i386/x86_64 laptop is certified for the "Windows 8 logo" then it
>> has to have "secure boot" enabled in the bios(uefi) by default as
>> required by Microsoft.  Secure boot requires a 'signed by microsoft'
>> program to boot. But the bios(uefi) is REQUIRED to have a method to turn
>> off the "secure boot" option and thus not require a microsoft signed os.
>>
>> Note that ARM based laptop with "Windows 8 logo" are required to enable
>> "secure boot" but are required to not allow that it be changed.  Again
>> as required by microsoft.
>>
>>> Basically a Wal-mart or Best-buy boxes that I can get in the $250-$400
>>> ra=
>>> nge.
>>>
>>> Does anybody have experience with this?  Yeah, I know I'll be Voiding
>>> the=
>>> =20
>>> Warranty--but, I need a laptop for real work--not socializing or net=20
>>> flicking.  You know what I mean.
>>>
>>
>> -Connie Sieh
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