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From: Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>
To: NTU <neotheuser@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: CONFIG_FIPS without module loading support?
Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2016 03:49:16 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2366601.movXpHLGKJ@tauon.atsec.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAM5Ud7MDpZyTrcQ2NtghG6cGT8qfGfP6zYw+vJDQrHqFHor6sg@mail.gmail.com>

Am Mittwoch, 31. August 2016, 20:32:42 CEST schrieb NTU:

Hi NTU,

> Hello,
> 
> CRYPTO_FIPS depends on MODULE_SIG and I understand why it would as you
> wouldn't want unsigned modules from external sources being loaded. If
> CONFIG_MODULES is disabled though (no module loading) there are no
> modules to sign in the first place.
> 
> Wouldn't it make more sense for CONFIG_FIPS to depend on (MODULE_SIG
> [=y] && CONFIG_MODULES [y]) ?
> 
> Thank you!

Yes, that is correct.
> 
> Alec Ari
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Ciao
Stephan

  reply	other threads:[~2016-09-01  1:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-09-01  1:32 CONFIG_FIPS without module loading support? NTU
2016-09-01  1:49 ` Stephan Mueller [this message]
2016-09-02  2:57   ` NTU
2016-09-02 14:22     ` Herbert Xu
2016-09-15  0:18       ` NTU
2016-09-15  4:58         ` Stephan Mueller
2016-09-15 17:06           ` NTU
2016-09-15 18:31             ` Stephan Mueller

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