linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] integrity: powerpc: Do not select CA_MACHINE

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Message-Id: <CVH3NT4ZIBNS.22HFUP0WCDY26@suppilovahvero>
Date:   Tue, 12 Sep 2023 20:03:26 +0300
From:   "Jarkko Sakkinen" <jarkko@...nel.org>
To:     "Nayna" <nayna@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Michal Suchánek <msuchanek@...e.de>,
        <linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     "Mimi Zohar" <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Dmitry Kasatkin" <dmitry.kasatkin@...il.com>,
        "Paul Moore" <paul@...l-moore.com>,
        "James Morris" <jmorris@...ei.org>,
        "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
        <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "joeyli" <jlee@...e.com>,
        "Eric Snowberg" <eric.snowberg@...cle.com>,
        "Nayna Jain" <nayna@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "linuxppc-dev" <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] integrity: powerpc: Do not select CA_MACHINE_KEYRING

On Tue Sep 12, 2023 at 6:39 AM EEST, Nayna wrote:
>
> On 9/7/23 13:32, Michal Suchánek wrote:
> > Adding more CC's from the original patch, looks like get_maintainers is
> > not that great for this file.
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 07, 2023 at 06:52:19PM +0200, Michal Suchanek wrote:
> >> No other platform needs CA_MACHINE_KEYRING, either.
> >>
> >> This is policy that should be decided by the administrator, not Kconfig
> >> dependencies.
>
> We certainly agree that flexibility is important. However, in this case, 
> this also implies that we are expecting system admins to be security 
> experts. As per our understanding, CA based infrastructure(PKI) is the 
> standard to be followed and not the policy decision. And we can only 
> speak for Power.

In the end this is dictating policy for no compelling reason, and
that is the bottom line here, not playing a mind game what type of
expertise a sysadmin might or might not have.

BR, Jarkko