Re: Linux Firmware Signing

[Mimi Zohar]

On Mon, 2015-08-31 at 17:05 +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
> On Mon, 2015-08-31 at 10:18 -0400, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> > I'm not real happy about it, but since we can't break the existing ABI
> > of loading data into the kernel via a buffer, a stop gap method of
> > signing and verifying a buffer would be needed.
> 
> Actually I think we can. The usermode helper is already being phased
> out.

Right.  The discussion has moved beyond just firmware, but to policies
and other things the kernel consumes.

Mimi

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