Re: EVM HMAC and FS UUID

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On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 08:53:34AM -0700, Chuck Lever wrote:
> Hi-
> 
> I'm continuing to look at NFS support for the Linux Integrity
> Measurement Architecture.
> 
> When computing an HMAC hash of file attributes, sometimes the
> FS UUID is included. For a client to verify that hash, the
> server will have to expose that UUID somehow.
> 
> Is there currently an NFSv4 attribute that carries the FS UUID?

I think the fsid is as close as you get.

Do you need to calculate hashes in exactly the way the server does?  If
you're assuming a "dumb server" that just stores signatures without
interpreting them, then maybe not?

--b.
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