Re: Re[4]: [Etherboot-developers] RFC: Safe booting concept

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ke...@us... (Ken Yap) writes:

> >Problem is that SafeBoot also could make sense when etherboot is
> >loaded from harddisk (floppy even, in some circumstances).
> >I think when I'm so far, I will find a solution for that.
> 
> Which is why you want a conceptual layer in between to separate out how
> the key is fetched, it may not be with the image, e.g. it may be in a
> smart card. But that can come later.

Though if it is a public key it is safe to store it with etherboot,
which is a reasonable assertion.

Eric