linux-kernel - Re: MODSIGN without RTC?

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Message-ID: <511B5D22.7090100@ahsoftware.de>
Date:	Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:30:10 +0100
From:	Alexander Holler <holler@...oftware.de>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: MODSIGN without RTC?

Am 07.02.2013 08:01, schrieb Alexander Holler:

> And the dream of every vendor, finally a working expiration date. And a
> nice TV-B-Gone, just feed a wrong date once. ;)

Just in case someone missed what I wanted to hint: That date problem has 
implications for devices with a RTC too. If they need too load a kernel 
and signed modules to enable the user to modify the date (of the RTC), 
setting a date outside the range specified in the certificate and 
rebooting will brick such devices.

Regards,

Alexander

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