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Date:	Fri, 14 Mar 2014 13:53:14 -0400
From:	Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, dmitry.kasatkin@...il.com,
	keyrings@...ux-nfs.org, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, David Safford <safford@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: RFC: 'ioctl' for keyrings

On Fri, 2014-03-14 at 17:14 +0000, David Howells wrote: 
> Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
> > > As I understand the code, I think operations being performed from ->update()
> > > are:
> > > 
> > >  (a) Resealing a key with a new pcrs (trusted).
> > > 
> > >  (b) Changing the master key (encrypted).
> > > 
> > > Mimi, Dmitry: is this list right?
> > 
> > In addition to resealing trusted keys to a new TPM PCR value, there are
> > a few other options that can be modified (eg. keyauth, blobauth,
> > pcrlock).  Encrypted keys can be encrypted/decrypted with a new master
> > key (trusted or user key type).
> 
> Can (re)sealing a key be viewed as encrypting it?  Is the difference between
> sealing a key and encrypting a key the use of hardware support?

Yes, 'resealing/sealing' is TPM terminology for encrypting/decrypting.
The sealing is RSA encryption by a TPM chip, which can only be decrypted
by the same chip.

Mimi

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