From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
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 12:13:22 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070325121321.GA8550@ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070325001605.31ed39e7.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Hi!
> > +++ 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.
What is identity provider good for? Can you explain it a bit more, or
perhaps point to Doc*/ somewhere?
Pavel
--
(english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek
(cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-03-25 15:44 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
2007-03-25 12:13 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
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
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=20070325121321.GA8550@ucw.cz \
--to=pavel@ucw.cz \
--cc=akpm@linux-foundation.org \
--cc=kjhall@linux.vnet.ibm.com \
--cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=safford@watson.ibm.com \
--cc=serue@linux.vnet.ibm.com \
--cc=zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com \
--cc=zohar@us.ibm.com \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox