PXE Secure Boot configuration - which guide?

[Jack Reed]

Hi everyone,

Through my work on the Installation Guide I've come across the issue of 
Secure Boot for UEFI systems through a bug that Neil Horman has been 
helping me with [1] regarding PXE boot configuration on UEFI for IPv6 
systems, plus IPv4 and IPv6 systems to enable Secure Boot.

In Comment 4, he suggests that perhaps the non-Secure Boot points could 
be documented in the Installation Guide, either in or adjacent to the 
current section on PXE boot configuration [2], while the Secure Boot 
points could go in the UEFI Secure Boot Guide, which I see is in draft 
form for F18 [3].

Based on the bug and your knowledge of Secure Boot, what do people think 
about where this information should go? If it went into the Secure Boot 
Guide, the Installation Guide could just direct users there. But perhaps 
it's crucial enough that it should be duplicated.

And, of course, what is the status of the UEFI Secure Boot Guide? Will 
it be released for F18?

I'd be glad of any thoughts on this, particularly from Sparks, Kevin, or 
Josh. That said, I'm putting this out there now for people to chew on, 
but with the holidays approaching we needn't worry about this until 
January. I'll check in then and perhaps we can decide how to proceed.

Thanks, and happy holidays!

Jack


[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871565
[2] 
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/17/html/Installation_Guide/s1-...
[3] 
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora_Draft_Documentation/0.1/html-s...

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