From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:39993 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753879Ab1AUPfD (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:35:03 -0500 From: David Howells To: lsf-pc@lists.linuxfoundation.org cc: dhowells@redhat.com, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org Subject: [LSF/MM TOPIC] Unified keys for NFS, CIFS and AFS for security data Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:34:27 +0000 Message-ID: <3599.1295624067@redhat.com> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain MIME-Version: 1.0 I'd like to propose a discussion topic for the LSF: how best to implement a common key type for use by NFS, CIFS and AFS such that, say, a kerberos key can be encapsulated within one and then be pulled out by various filesystems. Furthermore, it would be necessary to allow the request_key() upcall mechanism to perform GSSAPI queries. David From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Howells Subject: [LSF/MM TOPIC] Unified keys for NFS, CIFS and AFS for security data Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:34:27 +0000 Message-ID: <3599.1295624067@redhat.com> Cc: dhowells-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, linux-fsdevel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-nfs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: lsf-pc-cunTk1MwBs98uUxBSJOaYoYkZiVZrdSR2LY78lusg7I@public.gmane.org Return-path: Sender: linux-nfs-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org I'd like to propose a discussion topic for the LSF: how best to implement a common key type for use by NFS, CIFS and AFS such that, say, a kerberos key can be encapsulated within one and then be pulled out by various filesystems. Furthermore, it would be necessary to allow the request_key() upcall mechanism to perform GSSAPI queries. David -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html