===== What is secure-boot and why you should use it. =====
  * **Speaker**: Nathaniel Smith  
  * **Room**: CC 234  
  * **Time**: Sat 9:30 am – 10:00 am  

  * **Format**: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A)  
  * **Difficulty**: Introductory  
  * **Track**: Security / Privacy  
  * **Additional Tags**: Hardware, Education  
  * **Presenter Location**: In-person  
  * **Experience**: several-th time speaking  
  * **At**: lfnw  

==== Description: ====  
Secure-boot is a feature of desktops and laptops that ensures the software running has not been tampered with and is trusted. From what I have seen, Linux users are less likely to think that Secure Boot is an important feature and many disable it entirely. I will teach the math behind Secure Boot, showing how it works so participants can better understand it, demystifying the technology. Next I will teach how Secure Boot improves security on computers that utilize it. Microsoft recently has made people annoyed with their insistence of requiring the TPM chip, a hardware feature that ensures Secure Boot keys have not been tampered with, leading many Linux users to dislike the technology.

**Target Audience:**  
  * Newer users of Linux