Re: [GIT PULL] Security subsystem updates for 4.14

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Mon Sep 11 2017 - 02:38:54 EST


On Sun, Sep 10, 2017 at 10:02:42AM -0400, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> We need to differentiate between policies and x509 certificates.  In
> 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..