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A comment on How Secure Boot Works on M1 Series Macs. Parent comment

Re:How Secure Boot Works on M1 Series Macs by rovr138 on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @12:38PM (#29727234)
Public/private keys?

In this case, since others already know it, signing something is sufficient.

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Re:How Secure Boot Works on M1 Series Macs by HunterWare on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @02:04PM (#29728589)
Yep. The signing is done with public/private (aka asymmetric) keys and some kind of hashing mechanism.
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