Re: [PATCH v5 00/21] EVM

[Mimi Zohar]

On Fri, 2011-05-20 at 10:51 +1000, James Morris wrote:
> On Wed, 18 May 2011, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> 
> > > Once we have a better understanding of what the feature does and why it
> > > does it and how it interfaces with the user, we can start looking at
> > > the implementation.
> > 
> > Much appreciated!
> 
> What is the status of potential users of the feature?
> 
> I recall that MeeGo were planning to use EVM, but they've since changed 
> their security plans.  Do they still plan to use it?  Are any other users 
> committing to use EVM?
> 
> Also -- this was raised some time back, but I can't find the discussion -- 
> what does IMA/EVM provide over disk encryption as a protection against 
> offline attacks?
> 
> - James

Dave Safford's whitepaper discusses this.
http://downloads.sf.net/project/linux-ima/linux-ima/Integrity_overview.pdf

Mimi


Mimi

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