Fwd: Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Secure Boot Policy

2016-07-04 Thread Kaosu
Yes, it would be more user-friendly to disable secure boot instead of asking a user to go through the process of importing a new key after every kernel or driver upgrade. Therefore, I will modify my proposal a bit and suggest that the menu to disable secure boot should have a new option to add

Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Secure Boot Policy

2016-07-03 Thread Kaosu NA
/VBOX.der $(modinfo -n vboxdrv) On Sun, Jul 3, 2016 at 3:18 PM, Kaosu NA wrote: > I do not see why the developers have chosen to prompt users to disable > secure boot in order to install third-party drivers. While I understand > that Canonical is unable to use their key to sign kerne

Ubuntu 16.04 Secure Boot Policy

2016-07-03 Thread Kaosu NA
I do not see why the developers have chosen to prompt users to disable secure boot in order to install third-party drivers. While I understand that Canonical is unable to use their key to sign kernel modules generated by DKMS, it would be trivial to generate, sign and import a key for select third-