1SIGN-EFI-SIG-LIST(1) User Commands SIGN-EFI-SIG-LIST(1)
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6 sign-efi-sig-list - signing tool for secure variables as EFI Signature
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10 sign-efi-sig-list [-r] [-m] [-a] [-g <guid>] [-o] [-t <timestamp>] [-i
11 <infile>] [-c <crt file>] [-k <key file>] [-e <engine>] <var> <efi sig
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15 Produce an output file with an authentication header for direct update
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17 rectly or may be split for external signing using the -o and -i op‐
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21 -r the certificate is rsa2048 rather than x509 [UNIMPLEMENTED]
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23 -m Use a monotonic count instead of a timestamp [UNIMPLEMENTED]
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25 -a Prepare the variable for APPEND_WRITE rather than replacement
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27 -o Do not sign, but output a file of the exact bundle to be signed
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30 Use <timestamp> as the timestamp of the timed variable update If
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36 -i <infile>
37 take a detached signature (in PEM format) of the bundle produced
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41 Use <guid> as the signature owner GUID
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44 <crt> is the file containing the signing certificate in PEM for‐
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48 <key> is the file containing the key for <crt> in PEM format
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50 -e <engine>
51 Use openssl engine <engine> for the private key
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54 To sign a simple append update to db which has been prepared as an EFI
55 Signature List in DB.esl and output the result with the authentication
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58 sign-efi-sig-list -a -c KEK.crt -k KEK.key db DB.esl DB.auth
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62 sign-efi-sig-list -a -t 'Jul 21 09:39:37 BST 2012' -o db DB.esl DB.for‐
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65 Now sign the DB.forsig file in the standard openssl way. Note that the
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68 openssl smime -sign -binary -in DB.forsig -out DB.signed -signer
69 KEK.crt -inkey KEK.key -outform DER -md sha256
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71 Which produces a detached PKCS7 signature in DB.signed. Now feed this
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75 sign-efi-sig-list -a -i DB.signed -t 'Jul 21 09:39:37 BST 2012' db
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78 To delete a key, simply sign an empty EFI signature list file, so to
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86 sign-efi-sig-list -c PK.crt -k PK.key PK null.esl PK.auth
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88 Once you have the .auth file conveyed to the UEFI platform, you can use
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91 UpdateVars [-a] db DB.auth
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93 Where the -a flag must be present if the DB.auth file was created as an
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97 cert-to-efi-sig-list(1) for details on how to produce EFI signature
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102sign-efi-sig-list 1.9.2 December 2022 SIGN-EFI-SIG-LIST(1)