linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] Load keys from signed PE binaries

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Message-ID: <20130221164244.GA19625@srcf.ucam.org>
Date:	Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:42:44 +0000
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...hat.com>,
	Peter Jones <pjones@...hat.com>,
	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, keyrings@...ux-nfs.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Load keys from signed PE binaries

On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 08:39:55AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 7:47 AM, David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com> wrote:
> >
> > Can you pull this patchset please?
> 
> Not without a lot more discussion first.
> 
> Quite frankly, this is f*cking moronic. The whole thing seems to be
> designed around stupid interfaces, for completely moronic reasons. Why
> should we do this?

There's only one signing authority, and they only sign PE binaries.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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