From: Carlos Silva <r3pek@r3pek.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] patch linux-mod.eclass to add support for module signing
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 21:07:27 -0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+ZvHYE0TPv5rt5tfb_6YJe=aNnkMr5onFQVvfCL04Tx7t=fbg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130306213941.3908.qmail@stuge.se>
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On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 8:39 PM, Peter Stuge <peter@stuge.se> wrote:
> Carlos Silva wrote:
> > If one wants to create a key himself, it's also possible to use this
> > key, he just has to name it signing_key.priv and siging_key.x509 and
> > put it under /usr/src/linux.
>
> Do you know if this is a sane default?
>
> Where do most users of signed modules store keys so far?
>
It's where the kernel build system picks them. They only have to be there
to build the kernel, nothing else. After the kernel is built, and the
modules compiled and signed against that keys, they can even be removed
from the system.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-03-06 22:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-03-06 19:25 [gentoo-dev] [RFC] patch linux-mod.eclass to add support for module signing Carlos Silva
2013-03-06 19:32 ` Steev Klimaszewski
2013-03-06 19:54 ` Carlos Silva
2013-03-06 21:39 ` Peter Stuge
2013-03-06 22:07 ` Carlos Silva [this message]
2013-03-06 22:14 ` Peter Stuge
2013-03-06 22:19 ` Carlos Silva
2013-03-08 17:44 ` [gentoo-dev] " Steven J. Long
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