Re: [PATCH RFC] kernel build: enable use of password-protected signingkeys

[Michal Marek]

On 9.2.2014 23:38, Emily Maier wrote:
> Currently, the module signing script assumes that the private key is 
> not password-protected. This patch makes it slightly more secure by 
> allowing it to be passed in on the command line as "make 
> modules_install MOD_PASSWORD=abc". It's vulnerable to snooping during 
> the build of course, but so is an unprotected signing key.

The key's permissions can be set to 0600, while the make commandline is
visible in ps.

Michal
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