linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 1/4] certs: Add EFI_CERT_X509

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Message-ID: <3579295.1611849483@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
Date:   Thu, 28 Jan 2021 15:58:03 +0000
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     Nayna <nayna@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, Eric Snowberg <eric.snowberg@...cle.com>,
        dwmw2@...radead.org, Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>,
        James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com, masahiroy@...nel.org,
        michal.lkml@...kovi.net, jmorris@...ei.org, serge@...lyn.com,
        ardb@...nel.org, zohar@...ux.ibm.com, lszubowi@...hat.com,
        javierm@...hat.com, keyrings@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/4] certs: Add EFI_CERT_X509_GUID support for dbx entries

Nayna <nayna@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> Thanks Eric for clarifying. I was confusing it with with the broader meaning
> of revocation i.e. certificate revocation list. To avoid similar confusion in
> the future, I wonder if we should call it as 'blocklist' or 'denylist' as
> suggested in the document. This is to avoid conflicts with actual CRL support
> if added in the future. I also wonder if we should add the clarification in
> the patch description.

Reject-list might be better.

David