FOFoxboron·Nov 12, 2020Submission
Show HN: sbctl – Secure Boot key manager
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sbctl
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:computer: :lock: :key: Secure Boot key manager
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4 sourcesMuch like Trammell I have been annoyed by the complexity of the current secure boot tooling ecosystem. This has lead me to a 2500 long UEFI specification and written some tooling from scratch.
sbctl is essentially a secure boot key manager. It enrolls keys and ensures the relevant files are signed on your system. It works fine and I use it day-to-day these days, but it lacks several nice UX features.
https://github.com/Foxboron/sbctl
The second thing I did was reimplement the UEFI API portion in native Go code from scratch. It currently is feature comparable to sbsigntools, but in pure Go. The top-level API is not completely nailed and It lacks some granularity, but I have written several test tools that replicates the sbsigntools binaries.
https://github.com/Foxboron/goefi
I think more development in these area can help make Secure Boot
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as accessible as full disk encryption is these days.
Show HN: sbctl – Secure Boot key manager
2 points · Open discussionSpending some time trying to write a native Go API for UEFI. Currently trying to go the PKCS7 signing to work.
https://github.com/Foxboron/goefi
The end goal is to provide better secure boot tooling for people. This is exemplified by my sbctl project which aims to make it silly easy to create keys, and sign stuff. Currently it shells out to sbsigntools, but this feels awkward and I'd enjoy some better integration without having to call out to C-code.
https://github.com/Foxboron/sbctl
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