linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1.3 4/4] keys: add new key-type encrypted

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Message-ID: <27397.1289933898@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:58:18 +0000
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, keyrings@...ux-nfs.org,
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
	Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	David Safford <safford@...son.ibm.com>,
	Rajiv Andrade <srajiv@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1.3 4/4] keys: add new key-type encrypted

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

> No, this just updates the name of the key used to encrypt/decrypt the
> encrypted key. For example, the encrypted key evm-key is initially
> encrypted/decrypted using 'kmk-trusted'.  After the update, it is
> encrypted/decrypted with 'kmk'.  Both now are trusted keys.

Gotcha.  The problem is that there are two many different objects in the
system called 'keys':-)

David
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