From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, safford@watson.ibm.com,
serue@linux.vnet.ibm.com, kjhall@linux.vnet.ibm.com,
zohar@us.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [Patch 3/7] integrity: EVM as an integrity service provider
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 00:16:05 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070325001605.31ed39e7.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1174666176.11149.3.camel@localhost.localdomain>
On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:09:36 -0400 Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> +++ linux-2.6.21-rc4-mm1/security/evm/Kconfig
> @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
> +config INTEGRITY_EVM
> + boolean "EVM support"
> + depends on INTEGRITY && KEYS
> + select CRYPTO_HMAC
> + select CRYPTO_MD5
> + select CRYPTO_SHA1
> + default 0
> + help
> + The Extended Verification Module is an integrity provider.
> + An extensible set of extended attributes, as defined in
> + /etc/evm.conf, are HMAC protected against modification
> + using the TPM's KERNEL ROOT KEY, if configured, or with a
> + pass-phrase. Possible extended attributes include authenticity,
> + integrity, and revision level.
> +
> + If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
> +
Is no dependency upon TPM needed?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-03-25 8:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-03-23 16:09 [Patch 3/7] integrity: EVM as an integrity service provider Mimi Zohar
2007-03-25 8:14 ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-26 18:23 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2007-03-26 20:56 ` Mimi Zohar
2007-03-25 8:16 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2007-03-25 12:13 ` Pavel Machek
2007-03-26 17:55 ` David Safford
2007-03-22 23:19 ` Pavel Machek
2007-03-27 17:32 ` David Safford
2007-03-26 3:13 ` Mimi Zohar
2007-03-26 5:28 ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-26 11:43 ` Mimi Zohar
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