Take control of your PC with UEFI secure boot

Paul, Greig and Irvine, James (2015) Take control of your PC with UEFI secure boot. Linux Journal (257). pp. 58-72. ISSN 1075-3583

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Abstract

UEFI secure boot is often regarded as a nuisance for Linux users, but you can use it to protect your system by taking control of it. Learn how to do this, sign your own bootloader, and protect your whole system with full disk encryption (including the kernel).