Linux Foundation brings boot files for secure boot off

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After the necessary delay, the Linux Foundation the files released that are needed for Linux to boot on systems that have secure boot enabled in the uefi. Also, it is a bootable usb image available.

The two files, preloader.efi and hashtool.efi, Microsoft, signed. The boot files can by Linux distributions used to be the open-source operating system to start up on systems that are uefi the secure boot option is enabled. The files are available on the website of the Linux developer James Bottomley. There is also a mini-usb image download that the secure boot is integrated.

Secure boot is a security mechanism deployed by Microsoft in Windows 8 is included and should prevent the malware the boot files it manipulates. For other operating systems to boot, should the boot files of the correct signature to be provided. The now released Linux Foundation Secure Boot System should make this possible, but the development ran delayed because the pre-bootloader turned out to be incompatible with Linux distros that use the Gummiboot bootloader. This problem should now have been fixed.