[bug #36774] grub-2.00: please add the possibility to verify hashes programmatically

[Maxim Kammerer]

URL:
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                 Summary: grub-2.00: please add the possibility to verify
hashes programmatically
                 Project: GNU GRUB
            Submitted by: mkdesu
            Submitted on: Tue 03 Jul 2012 09:57:05 AM GMT
                Category: Configuration
                Severity: Major
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Feature Request
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 
                 Release: other
         Reproducibility: None
         Planned Release: None

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Details:

Non-interactive hash verification functionality would be very useful for
implementing a trusted boot chain. E.g.:

if sha256sum -v ${hash} ${kernel}; then
  ...
else
  ...
fi





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