linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 4/8] ima: define a new template field 'd-type' and a new template 'ima-ngv2'

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Message-ID: <c848c7a19d1557d9038d3bdd64a67385aa788c8f.camel@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Fri, 25 Feb 2022 15:01:37 -0500
From:   Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
        Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        linux-fscrypt@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 4/8] ima: define a new template field 'd-type' and a
 new template 'ima-ngv2'

On Thu, 2022-02-24 at 10:46 -0800, Eric Biggers wrote:
> > Thanks, Eric.  I really like your suggestion.  Currently, type is
> > defined as either "ima" or "verity".   Are you ok with prefixing each
> > record with these strings?
> > 
> 
> As I mentioned before I think "full_hash" would be more descriptive than "ima".
> (All of this is part of IMA.)  It's up to you though.

Sorry, to me that doesn't sense.  Either we use "full_hash" and
"Merkle-tree", or "ima" and "verity".

-- 
thanks,

Mimi