linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/21] KEYS: Create a key type that can be used for general cryptographic operations [ver #3]

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Date:	Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:32:20 +0000
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, dmitry.kasatkin@...el.com
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, keyrings@...ux-nfs.org,
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, arjan.van.de.ven@...el.com,
	alan.cox@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/21] KEYS: Create a key type that can be used for general cryptographic operations [ver #3]

Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> Nice! Basically the 'crypto' key type ties crypto/ with security/keys.
> Other than the posted pgp key parser used for verifying kernel module
> signatures, I assume another use case could be to expose kernel
> cryptography to userspace.  As there was a submission
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/20/103 to do just this, there must be
> userspace apps that would benefit.  This architecture would address a
> number of concerns raised with the prior submission. (Refer to
> http://lwn.net/Articles/401548/.)

:-)

> You'd probably want to move the 'crypto' key type to its own directory.

Yeah.

I'd also like to see if Dmitry's work can be absorbes into this infrastructure.

David
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