Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Why do you allow the master key to be supplied by a user-defined key rather > > than requiring a trusted-key unconditionally? > > This is for systems without a TPM. The logic needs to exist, whether it > is here or in EVM. By doing it here, a user could provide a passphrase > in the initramfs, which is used to decrypt the encrypted key. I thought that might be the case. In which case, it might be better to allow someone to add a trusted key, supplying both encrypted and unencrypted versions of the data so that the TPM need not be consulted. You might want to mark such a key so that it can be seen when it is dumped. But if you're going to use a user-defined key, you really need to prefix the description with something suitable. David -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-crypto" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
