OvmfPkg/README: add HTTPS Boot

Add the new section for HTTPS Boot.

Changes in v2:
  - Fixed the typos
  - Added the command for p11-kit based on Laszlo's suggestion
  - Also added the efisiglist command
  - Elaborated how to create the customized cipher suite list
  - Mentioned the changes in QEMU in the future based on Laszlo's
    suggestion

Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Cc: Jordan Justen <jordan.l.justen@intel.com>
Cc: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.1
Signed-off-by: Gary Lin <glin@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
[lersek@redhat.com: trivial typo fixes; update-crypto-policies URL fix]
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Gary Lin 2018-04-24 16:35:44 +08:00 committed by Laszlo Ersek
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=== HTTPS Boot ===
HTTPS Boot is an alternative solution to PXE. It replaces the tftp server
with a HTTPS server so the firmware can download the images through a trusted
and encrypted connection.
* To enable HTTPS Boot, you have to build OVMF with -D HTTP_BOOT_ENABLE and
-D TLS_ENABLE. The former brings in the HTTP stack from NetworkPkg while
the latter enables TLS support in both NetworkPkg and CryptoPkg.
* By default, there is no trusted certificate. The user has to import the
certificates either manually with "Tls Auth Configuration" utility in the
firmware UI or through the fw_cfg entry, etc/edk2/https/cacerts.
-fw_cfg name=etc/edk2/https/cacerts,file=<certdb>
The blob for etc/edk2/https/cacerts has to be in the format of Signature
Database(*1). You can use p11-kit(*2) or efisiglit(*3) to create the
certificate list.
If you want to create the certificate list based on the CA certificates
in your local host, p11-kit will be a good choice. Here is the command to
create the list:
p11-kit extract --format=edk2-cacerts --filter=ca-anchors \
--overwrite --purpose=server-auth <certdb>
If you only want to import one certificate, efisiglist is the tool for you:
efisiglist -a <cert file> -o <certdb>
Please note that the certificate has to be in the DER format.
You can also append a certificate to the existing list with the following
command:
efisiglist -i <old certdb> -a <cert file> -o <new certdb>
NOTE: You may need the patch to make efisiglist generate the correct header.
(https://github.com/rhboot/pesign/pull/40)
* Besides the trusted certificates, it's also possible to configure the trusted
cipher suites for HTTPS through another fw_cfg entry: etc/edk2/https/ciphers.
-fw_cfg name=etc/edk2/https/ciphers,file=<cipher suites>
OVMF expects a binary UINT16 array which comprises the cipher suites HEX
IDs(*4). If the cipher suite list is given, OVMF will choose the cipher
suite from the intersection of the given list and the built-in cipher
suites. Otherwise, OVMF just chooses whatever proper cipher suites from the
built-in ones.
While the tool(*5) to create the cipher suite array is still under
development, the array can be generated with the following script:
export LC_ALL=C
openssl ciphers -V \
| sed -r -n \
-e 's/^ *0x([0-9A-F]{2}),0x([0-9A-F]{2}) - .*$/\\\\x\1 \\\\x\2/p' \
| xargs -r -- printf -- '%b' > ciphers.bin
This script creates ciphers.bin that contains all the cipher suite IDs
supported by openssl according to the local host configuration.
You may want to enable only a limited set of cipher suites. Then, you
should check the validity of your list first:
openssl ciphers -V <cipher list>
If all the cipher suites in your list map to the proper HEX IDs, go ahead
to modify the script and execute it:
export LC_ALL=C
openssl ciphers -V <cipher list> \
| sed -r -n \
-e 's/^ *0x([0-9A-F]{2}),0x([0-9A-F]{2}) - .*$/\\\\x\1 \\\\x\2/p' \
| xargs -r -- printf -- '%b' > ciphers.bin
* In the future (after release 2.12), QEMU should populate both above fw_cfg
files automatically from the local host configuration, and enable the user
to override either with dedicated options or properties.
(*1) See "31.4.1 Signature Database" in UEFI specification 2.7 errata A.
(*2) p11-kit: https://github.com/p11-glue/p11-kit/
(*3) efisiglist: https://github.com/rhboot/pesign/blob/master/src/efisiglist.c
(*4) https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Server_Side_TLS#Cipher_names_correspondence_table
(*5) update-crypto-policies: https://gitlab.com/redhat-crypto/fedora-crypto-policies
=== OVMF Flash Layout ===
Like all current IA32/X64 system designs, OVMF's firmware device (rom/flash)