linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] Second attempt at kernel secure boot support

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1211011044290.6606@pobox.suse.cz>
Date:	Thu, 1 Nov 2012 10:45:39 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
Cc:	Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.de>,
	Chris Friesen <chris.friesen@...band.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] Second attempt at kernel secure boot support

On Thu, 1 Nov 2012, James Bottomley wrote:

> I'm actually just struggling to understand the use case for these more
> esoteric protections.

I believe the real point is drawing a clear line between trusted and 
untrusted (with root being userspace, hence implicitly untrusted), and 
disallowing "legitimate crossing" of this line.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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