Re: [RFC 6/8] KEYS: PGP data parser

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On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 04:24:33PM +0100, Petr Tesarik wrote:
> From: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Implement a PGP data parser for the crypto key type to use when
> instantiating a key.
> 
> This parser attempts to parse the instantiation data as a PGP packet
> sequence (RFC 4880) and if it parses okay, attempts to extract a public-key
> algorithm key or subkey from it.

I don't understand why we want to do this in-kernel instead of in
userspace and then pass in the actual key.





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