Ilias Apalodimas

About

Ilias started working as a network engineer and later moved on to embedded systems where he worked as a software engineer acquiring hands on experience on u-boot linux kernel drivers and VoIP. He has experience on a wide variety of linux drivers like Ethernet/Wireless/NAND/SPI and Voice DSP drivers amongst others.

Posts

• UEFI SecureBoot in U-Boot

  Tuesday, September 19, 2023

  UEFI SecureBoot is a verification mechanism ensuring that code launched by a computer's firmware is cryptographically verified. It is designed to protect a system against malicious code being loaded and executed early in the boot process before the operating system has been loaded. Let’s investigate the available U-Boot options and hardware limitations.

• Journey to SystemReady compliance in U-Boot

  Tuesday, September 5, 2023

  Back in 2016, rudimentary EFI support was merged into U-Boot. Basic EFI interfaces were added, but that was inadequate for Arms’ SystemReady-IR vision. Linaros’ Edge and Fog Computing group (LEDGE) led the roadmap and development turning U-Boot into the first SystemReady-IR compliant bootloader.

• Securing a device with Trusted Substrate

  Thursday, February 24, 2022

  In this article we talk about how to secure your embedded device with Trusted Substrate.

• How to emulate Trusted Platform module in QEMU with U-Boot

  Thursday, January 6, 2022

  In this blog, Linaro Tech Lead Ilias Apalodimas provides a step by step guide to emulating Trusted Platform module in QEMU with U-Boot. Read more here!

• Linaro releases LEDGE Reference Platform v0.2

  Thursday, May 20, 2021

  This blog talks about the LEDGE Reference Platform v0.2 release and what new features users can expect to see.

• Protected UEFI Variables With U-Boot

  Monday, January 4, 2021

  In this article, Ilias Apalodimas takes a detailed look at Protected UEFI Variables With U-Boot. Read about his findings here!