Re: [GIT PULL] Security subsystem updates for 4.14

From: Mimi Zohar
Date: Mon Sep 11 2017 - 17:34:22 EST


On Sun, 2017-09-10 at 23:38 -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 10, 2017 at 10:02:42AM -0400, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> > We need to differentiate between policies and x509 certificates. ÂIn
> > the policy case, they need to be signed and appraised, while in the
> > x509 certificate case, the certificate itself is signed so the file
> > doesn't need to be signed or verified.
>
> How about you take this sketch over - I don't know much about the
> integrity code, and it seems like you actually wrote
> kernel_read_file_from_path as well - so you're at least 3 times as
> qualified as I am in this area..

Sure, it's been on my to do list.

Mimi