From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758625AbcC3HeZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Mar 2016 03:34:25 -0400 Received: from mail-wm0-f67.google.com ([74.125.82.67]:34233 "EHLO mail-wm0-f67.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753129AbcC3HeX (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Mar 2016 03:34:23 -0400 Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 09:34:18 +0200 From: Kirill Marinushkin To: dhowells@redhat.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, keyrings@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, k.marinushkin@gmail.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] Security: Keys: Added derived keytype Message-ID: <20160330073417.GA18597@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >> For details see >> Documentation/security/keys-derived.txt > > Usage? > > David You maybe didn't receive my answer sent from gmail web-interface, so I repeat it now from mutt. Usages of derived keys that I can see: kernel space: derive keys from "trusted" (with possibility to access from user space if proper permissions are set); user space: store passwords within keyrings; randomly generated keys, keys with payload given as hex string. What's your opinion on having derived keytype? -- Best Regards, Kirill Marinushkin