Repository : http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=docs/uefi-secure-boot-guide.git

On branch : master

commit 7853c734e91a9e9cca5275c5a75339e6b0ba5dbd Author: Eric Christensen sparks@redhat.com Date: Thu Jan 31 14:42:11 2013 -0500

Added explaination of shim

en-US/Tools.xml | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/en-US/Tools.xml b/en-US/Tools.xml index 47dfe06..244652c 100644 --- a/en-US/Tools.xml +++ b/en-US/Tools.xml @@ -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">