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hmmm Imagine this... I am an Airman at a secret facility in Nevada and want to install a new secure OS to experiment so I download this new OS and install to r
by shareme 15y ago
hmmm Imagine this...
I am an Airman at a secret facility in Nevada and want to install a new secure OS to experiment so I download this new OS and install to removable media and answer yes boot the alternative OS....
But the whole alternative OS was infected with virus as the new malware rootkit so now we have keyloggers on all computers controlling US drone fleets..
Pretty picture is it not?
- etherealG 15y agoI would expect the OS to be checked for safety before an attempt to install it in a place it had access to infect other machines. Anyone with the ability to install an alternate OS working in such an environment should have the knowledge to not do something that stupid. The fault here is with the person, not the software. Protecting users from themselves so much that they have no control of the software on their machines as an alternative to your scenario seems like giving up too much.
- mjg59 15y agoThe point of secure boot is that it protects the environment before the operating system starts. If the operating system you're installing is untrusted then you've lost regardless.