From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.3 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 319FFC433DB for ; Fri, 15 Jan 2021 22:19:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0523C23382 for ; Fri, 15 Jan 2021 22:19:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726282AbhAOWTy (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jan 2021 17:19:54 -0500 Received: from mga11.intel.com ([192.55.52.93]:35024 "EHLO mga11.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726176AbhAOWTy (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jan 2021 17:19:54 -0500 IronPort-SDR: AQ2QCrrm7kmrKOTVUT+61zCQD2MZV19X2xq+eim735y/vvHF0C6lMbarWeRN3X4Z2Qtpry2RF6 EmHIS4ZzhJXw== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6000,8403,9865"; a="175110628" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.79,350,1602572400"; d="scan'208";a="175110628" Received: from fmsmga008.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.58]) by fmsmga102.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 15 Jan 2021 14:19:12 -0800 IronPort-SDR: o+IHeP4AnwgrrLx/lXqSfNTp5obhJxaciuwq0Pyly94lafmC111MSBUe84bTT6LzKg0DGj8k4D 57bxbl2RptPQ== X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.79,350,1602572400"; d="scan'208";a="354465840" Received: from alison-desk.jf.intel.com (HELO alison-desk) ([10.54.74.53]) by fmsmga008.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 15 Jan 2021 14:19:12 -0800 Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2021 14:21:46 -0800 From: Alison Schofield To: linux-fscrypt@vger.kernel.org, Ben Boeckel Cc: keyrings@vger.kernel.org, Dan Williams Subject: Re: Request_key from KMIP appliance Message-ID: <20210115222145.GA24894@alison-desk> References: <20210107213710.GA11415@alison-desk> <20210108003138.GB575130@erythro> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20210108003138.GB575130@erythro> User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.4 (2018-02-28) Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: keyrings@vger.kernel.org + linux-fscrypt Since I first wrote this question, realized we need to consider any external key server, not only ones that are KMIP compliant. On Thu, Jan 07, 2021 at 07:31:38PM -0500, Ben Boeckel wrote: > On Thu, Jan 07, 2021 at 13:37:10 -0800, Alison Schofield wrote: > > I'm looking into using an external key server to store the encrypted blobs > > of kernel encrypted keys. Today they are stored in the rootfs, but we'd > > like to address the need to store the keys in an external KMIP appliance, > > separate from the platform where deployed. > > > > Any leads, thoughts, experience with the Linux Kernel Key Service > > requesting keys from an external Key Server such as this? > > See the `request-key.conf(5)` manpage. I don't have experience with > actual usage or deployment though, so others might have more input. > > --Ben