Re: The Achilles Heel Of Secure Boot: Certificate Revocation

On Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:20:09 -0000 (UTC), John McCue wrote:

> IMO I always believed this is a ploy by Microsoft to lock down PCs
> similar to what is going on with Smart Phones. But so far it has
> failed due to pushback by various Linux Companies. If Linux was at
> the point it was in the 90s, I think M/S would have succeeded.

There is a genuine risk from attackers getting physical access to the
machine -- Secure Boot was an attempt to defend against this sort of
thing.

Some big-budget games also insist on Secure Boot being activated as
part of their anti-cheat mechanism.

Many Linux distros have been cooperative with Secure Boot.

But you are right in that Microsoft’s implementation has been
typically poorly managed and riddled with holes.