Secure Boot Guide

Eric Christensen eric at christensenplace.us
Wed Jul 11 20:37:47 UTC 2012


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On 07/11/2012 04:29 PM, John J. McDonough wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 16:15 -0400, Eric Christensen wrote:
>> From today's Board meeting, I think it would be a good idea for 
>> someone to start working on a guide to UEFI secure boot.  I
>> don't think it would be a large document but would include:
>> 
>> 1) What is UEFI? 2) How does Fedora implement UEFI? 3) How can
>> you create your own UEFI keys and have your own Fedora spin work
>> with that key. 4) ...
>> 
>> This is a developing thought.  Anyone have any ideas?
> 
> Sounds like a really great idea.  Something like that is badly
> needed, *BUT*, is there anyone who knows the answer to those
> questions, and if so, is there someone who can translate those
> answers into something ordinary mortals can understand?

I believe these answers already exist.  There will be more information
forthcoming, though.  If everyone is okay with it I'll start the guide
and get the repo setup for it and all.  I might not be able to do all
the work, though.

- -Eric
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