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Re: [Libreboot] Password protected Grub entries


From: The Gluglug
Subject: Re: [Libreboot] Password protected Grub entries
Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 11:17:07 +0100
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On 20/05/15 11:15, The Gluglug wrote:
> 
> 
> On 20/05/15 10:30, The Gluglug wrote:
>> Beni,
> 
>> I gave it some thought today, and decided that it's actually 
>> dangerous to have --unrestricted in your GRUB config. I've since 
>> removed the instructions from the documentation. You can see my 
>> reasoning in this commit:
> 
>> http://libreboot.org/gitweb/?p=libreboot.git;a=commitdiff;h=a2616e852ba1d861209f66ce4afc8728117a1acd
>
>>  I recommend not using --unrestricted on your system, either.
> 
> It might be safe to use it with --unrestricted, if you configure
> GRUB to only boot kernels that are signed with your GPG key. You
> can look at this page for information about how to do that:
> 
> http://www.coreboot.org/GRUB2#signed_kernels
> 

However, you are most likely using kernels from the package repository
anyway, which can therefore easily be replicated.

Just boot without the --unrestricted option.
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