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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 10/8] modsign: Allow password to be specified for signing key
    On 15-05-19 15:45:58, David Woodhouse wrote:
    > We don't want this in the Kconfig since it might then get exposed in
    > /proc/config.gz. So make it a parameter to Kbuild instead. This also
    > means we don't have to jump through hoops to strip quotes from it, as
    > we would if it was a config option.

    If it were on a network-less, secure sign/build server i'd say it is OK.

    However, exposing your private key's password in an environment variable on a
    regular Linux box is a bit fishy.


    cheers,
    Petko


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