Tails, the security-focused OS, adds support for Secure Boot

3 messages · started by David Garcia on Apr 09, 2020

Tails, the security-focused OS, adds support for Secure Boot

From David Garcia · Apr 09, 2020

Tail OS, an operating system optimized for privacy and anonymity, has released version 4.5 this week, the first version that supports a crucial security feature named UEFI Secure Boot.

Secure Boot works by using cryptographic signatures to verify that firmware files loaded during a computer's boot-up process are authentic and have not been tampered.

If any of the firmware checks fail, Secure Boot has the authority to stop the boot process, preventing the operating system from launching.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/tails-the-security-focused-os-adds-support-for-secure-boot/

 

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Re: Tails, the security-focused OS, adds support for Secure Boot

From Teruel deCampo MD · Apr 09, 2020

Thanks David,

I will make a new USB stick

-=terry=-

On 4/9/20 11:13 AM, David Garcia wrote:
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Tail OS, an operating system optimized for privacy and anonymity, has
released version 4.5 this week, the first version that supports a
crucial security feature named UEFI Secure Boot.
Tail OS, an operating system optimized for privacy and anonymity, has
released version 4.5 this week, the first version that supports a
crucial security feature named UEFI Secure Boot.

Secure Boot
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface#SECURE-BOOT>
works by using cryptographic signatures to verify that firmware files
loaded during a computer's boot-up process are authentic and have not
been tampered.

If any of the firmware checks fail, Secure Boot has the authority to
stop the boot process, preventing the operating system from launching.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/tails-the-security-focused-os-adds-support-for-secure-boot/

 

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Tails, the security-focused OS, adds support for Secure Boot

From David Garcia · Apr 09, 2020

Tail OS, an operating system optimized for privacy and anonymity, has released version 4.5 this week, the first version that supports a crucial security feature named UEFI Secure Boot.

Secure Boot works by using cryptographic signatures to verify that firmware files loaded during a computer's boot-up process are authentic and have not been tampered.

If any of the firmware checks fail, Secure Boot has the authority to stop the boot process, preventing the operating system from launching.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/tails-the-security-focused-os-adds-support-for-secure-boot/

 

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