linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/9] encrypted keys & key control op

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Date:	Mon, 11 Nov 2013 22:35:56 +0000
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, d.kasatkin@...sung.com, zohar@...ibm.com,
	keyrings@...ux-nfs.org, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	David Safford <safford@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/9] encrypted keys & key control op

Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> > The control op could also be used for other things like pushing a key
> > into a TPM.
> > 
> > What do you think?
> 
> Trusted keys already creates a symmetric key based on the TPM RNG. 
> What type of key would I be interested in pushing to the TPM?   What
> usecase scenario would this solve?

Dmitry mentioned something along these lines when I talked to him in
Edinburgh.  Anyway, it was just an example suggestion.

David
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