linux-kernel - Re: Kdump with signed images

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Message-ID: <20121025141048.GD9377@redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:10:48 -0400
From:	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
To:	Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Khalid Aziz <khalid@...ehiking.org>, kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
	horms@...ge.net.au, Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>,
	linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@...el.com>
Subject: Re: Kdump with signed images

On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 02:10:01AM -0400, Mimi Zohar wrote:

[..]
> IMA-appraisal verifies the integrity of file data, while EVM verifies
> the integrity of the file metadata, such as LSM and IMA-appraisal
> labels.  Both 'security.ima' and 'security.evm' can contain digital
> signatures.

But the private key for creating these digital signature needs to be
on the target system?

Thanks
Vivek
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