From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Casey Schaufler Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 00/21] EVM Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 07:13:26 -0700 Message-ID: <4DD67706.2030603@schaufler-ca.com> References: <1305557115-15652-1-git-send-email-zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20110518172552.6d482c7a.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <1305769890.3304.90.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Mimi Zohar , Andrew Morton , linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, David Safford , Greg KH , Dmitry Kasatkin , Arjan van de Ven , Casey Schaufler To: James Morris Return-path: Received: from smtp105.prem.mail.sp1.yahoo.com ([98.136.44.60]:29701 "HELO smtp105.prem.mail.sp1.yahoo.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932769Ab1ETONn (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 May 2011 10:13:43 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 5/19/2011 5:51 PM, James Morris wrote: > On Wed, 18 May 2011, Mimi Zohar wrote: > >>> Once we have a better understanding of what the feature does and why it >>> does it and how it interfaces with the user, we can start looking at >>> the implementation. >> Much appreciated! > What is the status of potential users of the feature? > > I recall that MeeGo were planning to use EVM, but they've since changed > their security plans. Do they still plan to use it? It's something we'll be discussing at the MeeGo conference in San Francisco next week. > Are any other users > committing to use EVM? > > Also -- this was raised some time back, but I can't find the discussion -- > what does IMA/EVM provide over disk encryption as a protection against > offline attacks? > > - James