linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Security: Keys: Added derived keytype

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Message-ID: <30674.1459523822@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
Date:	Fri, 01 Apr 2016 16:17:02 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Kirill Marinushkin <k.marinushkin@...il.com>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	keyrings@...r.kernel.org, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Security: Keys: Added derived keytype

Kirill Marinushkin <k.marinushkin@...il.com> wrote:

> kernel space:
>     derive keys from "trusted" (with possibility to access from user space if proper permissions are set);
> user space:
>     store passwords within keyrings;
>     randomly generated keys, keys with payload given as hex string.
> 
> What's your opinion on having derived keytype?

Ummm...  I'm not keen on the name; it doesn't really capture what the key is
for.

Apart from that, let me have another look through the patch.

David