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

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Date:	Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:05:40 -0500
From:	Peter Jones <pjones@...hat.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...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 10:03:20AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Besides, let's face it, Red Hat is going to sign the official nVidia
> and AMD binary modules anyway. Don't even bother to pretend anything
> else.

I just want to make sure this doesn't go unresponded to - Red Hat
will not sign kernel modules built by an outside source. We're simply
not going to sign these kernel modules. That's one of the big reasons
we want a setup where they can sign their own modules in the first place.

-- 
        Peter
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