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Re: [RFD] linux-firmware key arrangement for firmware signing

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On 15-05-21 09:39:50, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> 
> It's also a performance cost because the average user of this signature stuff 
> doesn't actually want IMA, and IMA is checking the wrong think anyway.  
> IMA/EVM tells us "this file validly belongs in /lib/modules/whatever according 
> to whomever we trust for the filesystem".  We want to check "is this data, 
> regardless of where it was read from, a trusted module".

IMA-appraise does not care where the file comes from (although it may be 
persuaded to) and verifies file's data and meta-data against a signature.  I 
guess you should actually read the code. :)


		Petko
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