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Re: shim-signed

From Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.devel
Subject Re: shim-signed
Date 2022-04-28 18:30 +0200
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Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
>]] Hanno 'Rince' Wagner 
>> 
>> I am a very firm believer of giving people as much information as
>> possible while being responsible. Meaning, that I would love to have
>> that documentation - including a big warning sign which sais "if you
>> follow this path, you may brick your machine and this is your problem,
>> not ours". If someone is interested to learn _how_ the security is
>> done and implemented, why should this be unavailable?
>
>Sadly, warnings generally don't work because people will ignore them and
>break their systems and then blame the people writing the
>documentation, causing load and grief on people were trying to be
>helpful by writing the docs.
>
>I don't think we should invest a lot into writing the docs required
>because we can use that effort elsewhere.  Documentation requires
>maintenance, just like everything else and if it's rarely used, we get
>little value out of that effort.  If somebody is very eager to write and
>maintain that documentation over time, by all means, but we haven't seen
>anyone step up to do so.

+1

Alongside doing technical stuff, I've written a fair amount of
user-facing docs for UEFI, shim and secure boot over the last few
years. In the limited time I have available, I've tried to focus on
the common cases for people using an expected simple setup. I'd *love*
some help to cover more of the space.

-- 
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve@einval.com
"We're the technical experts.  We were hired so that management could
 ignore our recommendations and tell us how to do our jobs."  -- Mike Andrews

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Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> - 2022-04-19 02:30 +0200
  Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Ansgar <ansgar@43-1.org> - 2022-04-19 08:40 +0200
  Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Devin Prater <r.d.t.prater@gmail.com> - 2022-04-19 10:00 +0200
  Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Marco d'Itri <md@Linux.IT> - 2022-04-19 10:30 +0200
  Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? parodper <parodper@disroot.org> - 2022-04-19 10:40 +0200
    Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2022-04-19 10:50 +0200
      Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> - 2022-04-19 12:00 +0200
  Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org> - 2022-04-19 11:40 +0200
    Re: Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it Steven Robbins <steve@sumost.ca> - 2022-04-23 20:40 +0200
      Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> - 2022-04-24 01:30 +0200
        Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org> - 2022-04-25 09:40 +0200
  Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Christian Kastner <ckk@debian.org> - 2022-04-19 12:00 +0200
    Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2022-04-19 12:10 +0200
    Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2022-04-19 12:50 +0200
      Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? intrigeri <intrigeri@debian.org> - 2022-04-19 13:40 +0200
        Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2022-04-19 14:40 +0200
          Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2022-04-19 14:50 +0200
            Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2022-04-19 16:20 +0200
            Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Tim Woodall <debiandevel@woodall.me.uk> - 2022-04-19 17:50 +0200
              Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2022-04-19 18:10 +0200
                Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Timothy M Butterworth <timothy.m.butterworth@gmail.com> - 2022-04-19 18:30 +0200
                Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2022-04-19 19:00 +0200
                Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Ansgar <ansgar@43-1.org> - 2022-04-19 19:10 +0200
                Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2022-04-19 20:00 +0200
                Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2022-04-19 23:10 +0200
                Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Ansgar <ansgar@43-1.org> - 2022-04-20 08:10 +0200
                Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2022-04-20 08:20 +0200
                Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Tim Woodall <debiandevel@woodall.me.uk> - 2022-04-19 19:00 +0200
          Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2022-04-19 19:30 +0200
            Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2022-04-19 23:40 +0200
              Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2022-04-20 00:00 +0200
                Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2022-04-20 11:10 +0200
                Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> - 2022-04-20 18:20 +0200
                Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Ansgar <ansgar@43-1.org> - 2022-04-20 18:30 +0200
                Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> - 2022-04-20 18:50 +0200
                Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2022-04-20 20:00 +0200
                Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org> - 2022-04-21 02:10 +0200
                Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> - 2022-04-21 15:50 +0200
                writing good GR ballots (Re: Firmware - what are we going to do  about it?) Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2022-04-22 12:00 +0200
              Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org> - 2022-04-20 00:30 +0200
      Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Christian Kastner <ckk@debian.org> - 2022-04-19 14:10 +0200
        Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2022-04-20 12:50 +0200
    Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2022-04-20 09:30 +0200
  Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Timo Röhling <roehling@debian.org> - 2022-04-19 12:10 +0200
  Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Jeremy Stanley <fungi@yuggoth.org> - 2022-04-19 14:40 +0200
    Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org> - 2022-04-19 23:10 +0200
      Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Jeremy Stanley <fungi@yuggoth.org> - 2022-04-20 01:00 +0200
    Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> - 2022-04-20 17:40 +0200
  Keep both images but stop pretending no-free is unofficial Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org> - 2022-04-19 16:30 +0200
    Re: Keep both images but stop pretending no-free is unofficial Marc Haber <mh+debian-devel@zugschlus.de> - 2022-04-19 19:00 +0200
      Re: Keep both images but stop pretending no-free is unofficial Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org> - 2022-04-19 22:10 +0200
        Re: Keep both images but stop pretending no-free is unofficial Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org> - 2022-04-19 23:10 +0200
          Re: Keep both images but stop pretending no-free is unofficial Pirate Praveen <praveen@onenetbeyond.org> - 2022-04-20 09:30 +0200
            Re: Keep both images but stop pretending no-free is unofficial Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2022-04-20 09:50 +0200
              Re: Keep both images but stop pretending no-free is unofficial Pirate Praveen <praveen@onenetbeyond.org> - 2022-04-20 10:00 +0200
                Re: Keep both images but stop pretending no-free is unofficial Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2022-04-20 10:10 +0200
                Re: Keep both images but stop pretending no-free is unofficial Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2022-04-20 14:30 +0200
                Re: Keep both images but stop pretending no-free is unofficial Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2022-04-20 15:10 +0200
            Re: Keep both images but stop pretending no-free is unofficial Ansgar <ansgar@43-1.org> - 2022-04-20 10:30 +0200
              Re: Keep both images but stop pretending no-free is unofficial Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> - 2022-04-20 16:30 +0200
              Re: Keep both images but stop pretending no-free is unofficial Ansgar <ansgar@43-1.org> - 2022-04-20 16:40 +0200
        Re: Keep both images but stop pretending no-free is unofficial Marco d'Itri <md@Linux.IT> - 2022-04-19 23:10 +0200
      Re: Keep both images but stop pretending no-free is unofficial Gunnar Wolf <gwolf@debian.org> - 2022-04-21 20:20 +0200
        Re: Keep both images but stop pretending no-free is unofficial Hakan Bayındır <hakan@bayindir.org> - 2022-04-21 20:30 +0200
          Re: Keep both images but stop pretending no-free is unofficial Gunnar Wolf <gwolf@debian.org> - 2022-04-21 21:20 +0200
  Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@cknow.org> - 2022-04-19 21:40 +0200
  Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2022-04-20 09:40 +0200
    Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2022-04-21 08:20 +0200
  Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Pirate Praveen <praveen@onenetbeyond.org> - 2022-04-20 09:50 +0200
    Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Devin Prater <r.d.t.prater@gmail.com> - 2022-04-20 12:10 +0200
      Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2022-04-20 14:40 +0200
        Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> - 2022-04-20 17:50 +0200
      Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2022-04-20 14:40 +0200
        Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> - 2022-04-20 14:50 +0200
          Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2022-04-20 15:10 +0200
            Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> - 2022-04-20 15:20 +0200
            Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2022-04-20 15:40 +0200
            Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Devin Prater <r.d.t.prater@gmail.com> - 2022-04-20 17:00 +0200
              Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> - 2022-04-20 18:40 +0200
                Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Devin Prater <r.d.t.prater@gmail.com> - 2022-04-20 20:00 +0200
                Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2022-04-20 21:20 +0200
                Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> - 2022-04-21 16:00 +0200
      Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2022-04-20 19:20 +0200
  Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2022-04-20 12:50 +0200
    Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Simon Richter <sjr@debian.org> - 2022-04-21 22:10 +0200
  Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Russell Stuart <russell-debian@stuart.id.au> - 2022-04-20 13:40 +0200
  Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2022-04-20 14:40 +0200
    Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> - 2022-04-20 18:00 +0200
  Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> - 2022-04-20 21:30 +0200
  Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? nervuri <nervuri@disroot.org> - 2022-04-20 22:20 +0200
  Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2022-04-21 08:00 +0200
  Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Hakan Bayındır <hakan.bayindir@tubitak.gov.tr> - 2022-04-21 09:30 +0200
    Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Hakan Bayındır <hakan@bayindir.org> - 2022-04-21 10:00 +0200
      Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2022-04-21 10:20 +0200
        Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Hakan Bayındır <hakan@bayindir.org> - 2022-04-21 12:50 +0200
          Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2022-04-21 18:40 +0200
    Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2022-04-21 10:00 +0200
    Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2022-04-21 19:20 +0200
      Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Andreas Tille <andreas@an3as.eu> - 2022-04-22 07:20 +0200
        Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Hakan Bayındır <hakan@bayindir.org> - 2022-04-22 08:40 +0200
        Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? IOhannes m zmölnig <umlaeute@debian.org> - 2022-04-22 09:40 +0200
      Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Marc Haber <mh+debian-devel@zugschlus.de> - 2022-04-23 12:20 +0200
  Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org> - 2022-04-21 09:40 +0200
  Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Mattias Wadenstein <maswan@acc.umu.se> - 2022-04-21 11:30 +0200
    Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2022-04-21 11:50 +0200
  Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Hakan Bayındır <hakan@bayindir.org> - 2022-04-21 11:40 +0200
  Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Moritz Mühlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org> - 2022-04-21 20:10 +0200
  Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Leandro Cunha <leandrocunha016@gmail.com> - 2022-04-22 00:30 +0200
    Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> - 2022-04-22 11:20 +0200
      shim-signed (was: Firmware - what are we going to do about it?) Marc Haber <mh+debian-devel@zugschlus.de> - 2022-04-23 12:30 +0200
        Re: shim-signed (was: Firmware - what are we going to do about it?) Ansgar <ansgar@43-1.org> - 2022-04-23 14:00 +0200
          Re: shim-signed (was: Firmware - what are we going to do about it?) Marc Haber <mh+debian-devel@zugschlus.de> - 2022-04-26 16:10 +0200
            Re: shim-signed (was: Firmware - what are we going to do about it?) Ansgar <ansgar@43-1.org> - 2022-04-26 17:00 +0200
        Re: shim-signed (was: Firmware - what are we going to do about it?) Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> - 2022-04-23 19:30 +0200
          Re: shim-signed (was: Firmware - what are we going to do about it?) Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2022-04-24 04:40 +0200
          Re: shim-signed (was: Firmware - what are we going to do about it?) Marc Haber <mh+debian-devel@zugschlus.de> - 2022-04-26 16:20 +0200
            Re: shim-signed (was: Firmware - what are we going to do about it?) Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> - 2022-04-26 18:40 +0200
            Re: shim-signed (was: Firmware - what are we going to do about it?) Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org> - 2022-04-26 21:10 +0200
              Re: shim-signed (was: Firmware - what are we going to do about it?) Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2022-04-27 00:10 +0200
                Re: shim-signed The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2022-04-27 00:40 +0200
                Re: shim-signed Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> - 2022-04-28 18:20 +0200
            Re: shim-signed The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2022-04-27 00:40 +0200
              Re: shim-signed Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@err.no> - 2022-04-28 06:30 +0200
              Re: shim-signed Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> - 2022-04-28 18:30 +0200
        Re: shim-signed Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@err.no> - 2022-04-24 09:00 +0200
          Re: shim-signed Hanno 'Rince' Wagner <wagner@debian.org> - 2022-04-24 09:20 +0200
            Re: shim-signed Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@err.no> - 2022-04-28 06:30 +0200
              Re: shim-signed Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> - 2022-04-28 18:30 +0200
  Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2022-04-22 11:50 +0200
  Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Paul van der Vlis <paul@vandervlis.nl> - 2022-04-23 15:30 +0200
    Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2022-04-23 16:10 +0200
      Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Paul van der Vlis <paul@vandervlis.nl> - 2022-04-23 23:00 +0200
        Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Iustin Pop <iustin@debian.org> - 2022-04-23 23:10 +0200
          Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Simon Richter <sjr@debian.org> - 2022-04-24 05:10 +0200
            Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2022-04-24 09:50 +0200
        Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Timothy M Butterworth <timothy.m.butterworth@gmail.com> - 2022-04-23 23:20 +0200
        Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2022-04-23 23:30 +0200
          Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Paul van der Vlis <paul@vandervlis.nl> - 2022-04-25 18:10 +0200
            Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2022-04-25 18:50 +0200
              Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Hakan Bayındır <hakan@bayindir.org> - 2022-04-25 22:50 +0200
                Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Ansgar <ansgar@43-1.org> - 2022-04-26 08:20 +0200
                Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Hakan Bayındır <hakan@bayindir.org> - 2022-04-26 09:50 +0200
                Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Ansgar <ansgar@43-1.org> - 2022-04-26 10:40 +0200
                Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Hakan Bayındır <hakan@bayindir.org> - 2022-04-26 11:00 +0200
                Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2022-04-26 11:10 +0200
                Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Hakan Bayındır <hakan@bayindir.org> - 2022-04-26 11:50 +0200
            Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2022-04-26 11:50 +0200
  Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it? Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de> - 2022-04-30 14:10 +0200

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