linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/2] modsig: differentiate between ephemeral and persistent key names

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Date:	Mon, 03 Dec 2012 11:56:39 +1030
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ibm.com>,
	"David Howells" <dhowells@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/2] modsig: differentiate between ephemeral and persistent key names

Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
> Using the same name for ephemeral and "persistent" keys results
> in deleting the "persistent" key.  This patch renames the normal
> kbuild asymmetric key pair name to "default_signing_key" and the
> ephemeral key pair name to "ephemeral_signing_key".

I like the idea: I was always uncomfortable with the mixing of
persistent and temporary keys.  But it's a bit misguided, because surely
persistent keys don't belong in the build tree at all.

How about we do something like:

# Default to temporary keys
MODKEYPREFIX = ./temp_signing_key

MODSECKEY = $(MODKEYPREFIX).priv
MODPUBKEY = $(MODKEYPREFIX).x509

Then encourage people to do:

        make MODKEYPREFIX=...

We could also use a config option to set the path, but that's probably
less convenient.

Cheers,
Rusty.
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