EfiGuard VS tcg-boot

Compare EfiGuard vs tcg-boot and see what are their differences.

EfiGuard

Disable PatchGuard and Driver Signature Enforcement at boot time (by Mattiwatti)

tcg-boot

EFI application to secure loading Linux with TPM (by ultimaweapon)
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EfiGuard tcg-boot
3 1
1,619 9
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7.4 5.7
3 months ago 8 months ago
C++ Rust
GNU General Public License v3.0 only GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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EfiGuard

Posts with mentions or reviews of EfiGuard. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-10-24.

tcg-boot

Posts with mentions or reviews of tcg-boot. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.
  • Need help for x86_64 boot protocol
    1 project | /r/kernel | 23 Feb 2022
    Could somebody help me on this problem? The source code is available here: https://github.com/ultimaweapon/tcg-boot/blob/master/src/tcg-loader/arch/x86/linux.c

What are some alternatives?

When comparing EfiGuard and tcg-boot you can also consider the following projects:

kdmapper - KDMapper is a simple tool that exploits iqvw64e.sys Intel driver to manually map non-signed drivers in memory

Rufus - The Reliable USB Formatting Utility

processhacker - A free, powerful, multi-purpose tool that helps you monitor system resources, debug software and detect malware. Brought to you by Winsider Seminars & Solutions, Inc. @ http://www.windows-internals.com [Moved to: https://github.com/winsiderss/systeminformer]

rust-out-of-tree-module - Basic template for an out-of-tree Linux kernel module written in Rust.

LensorOS - An OS based on UEFI

edk2 - EDK II

UEFI-Tuts - YOUTUBE Tutorials on how the UEFI works to boot your own Operating System. Think of this as an EFI Bootloader.

hekate - hekate - A GUI based Nintendo Switch Bootloader

VeraCrypt-DCS - VeraCrypt EFI Bootloader for EFI Windows system encryption (LGPL)

vscode-sshfs - Extension for Visual Studio Code: File system provider using SSH

sdk - Core functionality needed to create .NET Core projects, that is shared between Visual Studio and CLI

warbird-hook - Using Microsoft Warbird to automatically unpack and execute encrypted shellcode in ClipSp.sys without triggering PatchGuard