Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:42:54 +0300 | Subject | Re: [RFC 2/2] initramfs with digital signature protection | From | Dmitry Kasatkin <> |
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On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 5:55 PM, Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 11:06:55AM +0300, Dmitry Kasatkin wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I respond to the original question of this thread. >> signed initramfs allows not only to add keys to the keyrings but perform >> other initialization, >> which requires user-space. >> Keys can be embedded into the kernel. This is fine. > > What other initialization user space need to do where we can't trust > root (even in secureboot mode). > > IOW, if keys can be embedded in kernel (or read from UEFI db and MOK db), > what other operation requires initramfs to be signed. It could very well > be unsigned initramfs like today. >
It looks like you do not hear me. I said that any user space initialization can be done from signed user space. For example IMA policy can be initialized.
I see that you see your particular case and in that case you do not require that. That is fine. That is your case....
- Dmitry
> Thanks > Vivek
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