Re: Security Chip

2014-02-21 Thread Mark Haney
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/21/2014 02:07 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > i was trying to be delicate, but what i was told is that being > manufactured in china was enough to make them ineligible for entry > into secure US military installations. you can make of that

Re: Security Chip

2014-02-21 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Fri, 21 Feb 2014, CS DBA wrote: > On 2/21/14, 11:54 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > On Fri, 21 Feb 2014, CS DBA wrote: > > > > > Hi All; > > > > > > I just ordered a Lenovo Thinkpad W540, > > > > > > the specs list this: > >

Re: Security Chip

2014-02-21 Thread Justin Brown
There's no need to be concerned. You're conflating a few different issues. The security chip is a TPM, and they have been fairly common for several years. It just allows secure key storage for software that might need it. A TPM won't get in your way. The other issue is UEFI Secur

Re: Security Chip

2014-02-21 Thread Chris Murphy
On Feb 21, 2014, at 11:50 AM, CS DBA wrote: > Hi All; > > I just ordered a Lenovo Thinkpad W540, > > > the specs list this: > Security Chip 2 Security Chip Enabled > > > I plan to run Fedora 20 on it. Is this something I should be concerned about

Re: Security Chip

2014-02-21 Thread Alessandro Brezzi
2014-02-21 19:58 GMT+01:00 CS DBA : > On 2/21/14, 11:54 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > >> On Fri, 21 Feb 2014, CS DBA wrote: >> >> Hi All; >>> >>> I just ordered a Lenovo Thinkpad W540, >>> >>> the specs list this: >>> Sec

Re: Security Chip

2014-02-21 Thread Mark Haney
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/21/2014 01:50 PM, CS DBA wrote: > Hi All; > > I just ordered a Lenovo Thinkpad W540, > > > the specs list this: Security Chip 2 Security Chip > Enabled > > > I plan to run Fedora 20 on it.

Re: Security Chip

2014-02-21 Thread CS DBA
On 2/21/14, 11:54 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: On Fri, 21 Feb 2014, CS DBA wrote: Hi All; I just ordered a Lenovo Thinkpad W540, the specs list this: Security Chip 2 Security Chip Enabled I plan to run Fedora 20 on it. Is this something I should be concerned about? Can it be

Re: Security Chip

2014-02-21 Thread Mark Haney
* is even allowed into > the building with a lenovo laptop -- they are considered that > insecure/compromised. > > no idea if this relates to your security chip question, but i > thought i'd share that. I worked in a SCF with the Air Force and according to the officers I knew t

Re: Security Chip

2014-02-21 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Fri, 21 Feb 2014, CS DBA wrote: > Hi All; > > I just ordered a Lenovo Thinkpad W540, > > the specs list this: > Security Chip 2 Security Chip Enabled > > I plan to run Fedora 20 on it. Is this something I should be > concerned about? Can it be disabled i

Security Chip

2014-02-21 Thread CS DBA
Hi All; I just ordered a Lenovo Thinkpad W540, the specs list this: Security Chip 2 Security Chip Enabled I plan to run Fedora 20 on it. Is this something I should be concerned about? Can it be disabled in the bios? Thanks in advance... -- users mailing list users