Public keys should be stored as sub-nodes in a /signature node. Required
properties are:
-- algo: Algorithm name (e.g. "sha1,rsa2048")
+- algo: Algorithm name (e.g. "sha1,rsa2048" or "sha256,ecdsa256")
Optional properties are:
- rsa,r-squared: (2^num-bits)^2 as a big-endian multi-word integer
- rsa,n0-inverse: -1 / modulus[0] mod 2^32
+For ECDSA the following are mandatory:
+- ecdsa,curve: Name of ECDSA curve (e.g. "prime256v1")
+- ecdsa,x-point: Public key X coordinate as a big-endian multi-word integer
+- ecdsa,y-point: Public key Y coordinate as a big-endian multi-word integer
+
These parameters can be added to a binary device tree using parameter -K of the
mkimage command::
data = <data for fdt1>;
signature-1 {
algo = "sha1,rsa2048";
- vaue = <...fdt signature 1...>
+ value = <...fdt signature 1...>
};
};
fdt-2 {
data = <data for fdt2>;
signature-1 {
algo = "sha1,rsa2048";
- vaue = <...fdt signature 2...>
+ value = <...fdt signature 2...>
};
};
};
This happens automatically as part of a bootm command when FITs are used.
+For Signed Configurations, the default verification behavior can be changed by
+the following optional property in /signature node in U-Boot's control FDT.
+
+- required-mode: Valid values are "any" to allow verified boot to succeed if
+the selected configuration is signed by any of the 'required' keys, and "all"
+to allow verified boot to succeed if the selected configuration is signed by
+all of the 'required' keys.
+
+This property can be added to a binary device tree using fdtput as shown in
+below examples::
+
+ fdtput -t s control.dtb /signature required-mode any
+ fdtput -t s control.dtb /signature required-mode all
+
Enabling FIT Verification
-------------------------
Test passed
+Software signing: keydir vs keyfile
+-----------------------------------
+
+In the simplest case, signing is done by giving mkimage the 'keyfile'. This is
+the path to a file containing the signing key.
+
+The alternative is to pass the 'keydir' argument. In this case the filename of
+the key is derived from the 'keydir' and the "key-name-hint" property in the
+FIT. In this case the "key-name-hint" property is mandatory, and the key must
+exist in "<keydir>/<key-name-hint>.<ext>" Here the extension "ext" is
+specific to the signing algorithm.
+
+
Hardware Signing with PKCS#11 or with HSM
-----------------------------------------
or
"<key-name-hint>"
-As mkimage does not at this time support prompting for passwords HSM may need
-key preloading wrapper to be used when invoking mkimage.
+In order to set the pin in the HSM, an environment variable "MKIMAGE_SIGN_PIN"
+can be specified.
The following examples use the Nitrokey Pro using pkcs11 engine. Instructions
for other devices may vary.