From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1422761AbdEXNyu convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 May 2017 09:54:50 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:33214 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1764834AbdEXNys (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 May 2017 09:54:48 -0400 DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mx1.redhat.com 343C87F6AA Authentication-Results: ext-mx01.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: ext-mx01.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=dhowells@redhat.com DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 mx1.redhat.com 343C87F6AA Organization: Red Hat UK Ltd. Registered Address: Red Hat UK Ltd, Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SI4 1TE, United Kingdom. Registered in England and Wales under Company Registration No. 3798903 From: David Howells In-Reply-To: References: <149148299794.3427.549144000807596903.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> To: Ard Biesheuvel Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, Matthew Garrett , linux-security-module , "linux-efi@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] efi: Move the x86 secure boot switch to generic code MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <23672.1495634085.1@warthog.procyon.org.uk> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 14:54:45 +0100 Message-ID: <23673.1495634085@warthog.procyon.org.uk> X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.25]); Wed, 24 May 2017 13:54:48 +0000 (UTC) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > + UEFI Secure Boot provides a mechanism for ensuring that the firmware > > + will only load signed bootloaders and kernels. Secure boot mode may > > + be determined from EFI variables provided by the BIOS if not > > Please replace 'the BIOS' with something more generic. "Firmware" or "System firmware" maybe? David From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: dhowells@redhat.com (David Howells) Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 14:54:45 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/5] efi: Move the x86 secure boot switch to generic code In-Reply-To: References: <149148299794.3427.549144000807596903.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> Message-ID: <23673.1495634085@warthog.procyon.org.uk> To: linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-security-module.vger.kernel.org Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > + UEFI Secure Boot provides a mechanism for ensuring that the firmware > > + will only load signed bootloaders and kernels. Secure boot mode may > > + be determined from EFI variables provided by the BIOS if not > > Please replace 'the BIOS' with something more generic. "Firmware" or "System firmware" maybe? David -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-security-module" in the body of a message to majordomo at vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html