[uefi-secure-boot-guide] master: Added explaination of shim (7853c73)
Repository : http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=docs/uefi-secure-boot-guide.git
On branch : master
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commit 7853c734e91a9e9cca5275c5a75339e6b0ba5dbd
Author: Eric Christensen <sparks(a)redhat.com>
Date: Thu Jan 31 14:42:11 2013 -0500
Added explaination of shim
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en-US/Tools.xml | 1 +
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diff --git a/en-US/Tools.xml b/en-US/Tools.xml
index 47dfe06..244652c 100644
--- a/en-US/Tools.xml
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@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
<section id="sect-UEFI_Secure_Boot_Guide-Tools-shim">
<title>Shim</title>
<para>
+ Shim is the cryptographically signed software that creates the trust between the UEFI
firmware and GRUB and the kernel software. Shim is cryptographically signed by Verisign
(via Microsoft) so that the UEFI firmware will cryptographically recognize the
&PRODUCT; system and allow the software to continue through the boot process. The
shim validates GRUB and kernel though a cryptographic verification based on a
&PRODUCT; key used to sign all three.
</para>
</section>
<section id="sect-UEFI_Secure_Boot_Guide-Tools-pesign">