Re: [PATCH] Security: Keys: Added derived keytype

From: David Howells
Date: Fri Apr 01 2016 - 11:17:11 EST


Kirill Marinushkin <k.marinushkin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> kernel space:
> derive keys from "trusted" (with possibility to access from user space if proper permissions are set);
> user space:
> store passwords within keyrings;
> randomly generated keys, keys with payload given as hex string.
>
> What's your opinion on having derived keytype?

Ummm... I'm not keen on the name; it doesn't really capture what the key is
for.

Apart from that, let me have another look through the patch.

David