linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 0/4] Add firmware signature file check

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Message-ID: <20121106092019.025fc7b7@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Tue, 6 Nov 2012 09:20:19 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
Cc:	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...il.com>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>, joeyli <jlee@...e.com>,
	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 0/4] Add firmware signature file check

> But how would distro sign modules that are built externally?
> It should be the pretty same situation.

I would start with the "would" and lawyers and liability and then stop
worrying about the how. Absent someone actually intending to do it and
saying so.

Alan
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