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Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 12:02:09 -0600 From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com> To: Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>, Peter Huewe <PeterHuewe@....de>, keyrings@...ux-nfs.org, jarkko.sakkinnen@...ux.intel.com, "ksummit-discuss@...ts.linuxfoundation.org" <ksummit-discuss@...ts.linuxfoundation.org>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, LSM List <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>, tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>, linux-ima-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, trousers-tech@...ts.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [tpmdd-devel] [TrouSerS-tech] [Ksummit-discuss] TPM MiniSummit @ LinuxCon Europe On Tue, Oct 07, 2014 at 01:54:41PM -0400, Stefan Berger wrote: > Why add the complexity of swapping of authenticated sessions and keys > into the kernel if you can handle this in userspace? You need a library > that is aware of the number of key slots and slots for sessions in the > TPM and swaps them in at out when applications need them. Trousers is > such a library that was designed to cope with the limitations of the > device and make its functionality available to all applications that > want to access it. How does trousers work with the kernel when the kernel is also using TPM key slots for IMA/keyring/whatever? Jason -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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