From: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
To: Nayna <nayna@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>,
Eric Snowberg <eric.snowberg@oracle.com>,
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Patrick Uiterwijk <patrick@puiterwijk.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 00/12] Enroll kernel keys thru MOK
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2021 10:34:09 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9526a4e0be9579a9e52064dd590a78c6496ee025.camel@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bffb33a3-d5b5-f376-9d7d-706d38357d1a@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> >> Jarkko, I think the emphasis should not be on "machine" from Machine
> >> Owner Key (MOK), but on "owner". Whereas Nayna is focusing more on the
> >> "_ca" aspect of the name. Perhaps consider naming it
> >> "system_owner_ca" or something along those lines.
> > What do you gain such overly long identifier? Makes no sense. What
> > is "ca aspect of the name" anyway?
>
> As I mentioned previously, the main usage of this new keyring is that it
> should contain only CA keys which can be later used to vouch for user
> keys loaded onto secondary or IMA keyring at runtime. Having ca in the
> name like .xxxx_ca, would make the keyring name self-describing. Since
> you preferred .system, we can call it .system_ca.
Sounds good to me. Jarkko?
thanks,
Mimi
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-08-24 14:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-08-19 0:20 [PATCH v4 00/12] Enroll kernel keys thru MOK Eric Snowberg
2021-08-19 0:20 ` [PATCH v4 01/12] integrity: Introduce a Linux keyring for the Machine Owner Key (MOK) Eric Snowberg
2021-08-19 0:20 ` [PATCH v4 02/12] integrity: Do not allow mok keyring updates following init Eric Snowberg
2021-08-19 0:21 ` [PATCH v4 03/12] KEYS: CA link restriction Eric Snowberg
2021-08-19 0:21 ` [PATCH v4 04/12] integrity: restrict INTEGRITY_KEYRING_MOK to restrict_link_by_ca Eric Snowberg
2021-08-19 0:21 ` [PATCH v4 05/12] integrity: add new keyring handler for mok keys Eric Snowberg
2021-08-19 0:21 ` [PATCH v4 06/12] KEYS: add a reference to mok keyring Eric Snowberg
2021-08-19 0:21 ` [PATCH v4 07/12] KEYS: Introduce link restriction to include builtin, secondary and mok keys Eric Snowberg
2021-08-19 0:21 ` [PATCH v4 08/12] KEYS: integrity: change link restriction to trust the mok keyring Eric Snowberg
2021-08-19 0:21 ` [PATCH v4 09/12] KEYS: link secondary_trusted_keys to mok trusted keys Eric Snowberg
2021-08-19 0:21 ` [PATCH v4 10/12] integrity: store reference to mok keyring Eric Snowberg
2021-08-19 0:21 ` [PATCH v4 11/12] integrity: Trust MOK keys if MokListTrustedRT found Eric Snowberg
2021-08-19 0:21 ` [PATCH v4 12/12] integrity: Only use mok keyring when uefi_check_trust_mok_keys is true Eric Snowberg
2021-08-19 11:38 ` [PATCH v4 00/12] Enroll kernel keys thru MOK Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-08-19 13:10 ` Mimi Zohar
2021-08-19 15:23 ` Eric Snowberg
2021-08-19 17:32 ` Mimi Zohar
2021-08-23 17:51 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-08-23 20:48 ` Nayna
2021-08-24 14:34 ` Mimi Zohar [this message]
2021-08-25 22:21 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-08-25 22:27 ` James Bottomley
2021-08-27 20:44 ` Nayna
2021-08-30 17:39 ` Eric Snowberg
2021-09-01 0:52 ` Nayna
2021-09-01 1:51 ` Eric Snowberg
2021-09-02 10:18 ` Mimi Zohar
2021-09-01 4:34 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-09-01 4:36 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-09-01 4:46 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-08-23 17:37 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-08-23 17:35 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-08-23 17:48 ` Eric Snowberg
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