linuxboot / linuxboot/heads-wiki
illustrations to explain Heads structure
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Description
Use something like draw.io to illustrate some of the complicated processes and structures in Heads.
- Location of different keys
- Ring of trust between Heads ROM, USB security dongle and TPM.
- What happens when one of these has been tampered with.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the Heads documentation and identifying the locations of the different keys and the trust relationships among the Heads ROM, USB security dongle, and TPM. Use draw.io to create diagrams covering those structures and what happens when one component is tampered with; done means the listed processes are clearly illustrated.
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Assessment
- Domain
- documentation, security
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100