Security: Keys: Added derived keytype
Quoted 6 lines
Quoted 2 lines
For details see
Documentation/security/keys-derived.txtUsage?
David
You maybe didn't receive my answer sent from gmail web-interface, so I repeat it now from mutt.
Usages of derived keys that I can see:
kernel space:
derive keys from "trusted" (with possibility to access from user space if proper permissions are set);
user space:
store passwords within keyrings;
randomly generated keys, keys with payload given as hex string.
What's your opinion on having derived keytype?
--
Best Regards,
Kirill Marinushkin
Quoted 7 lines · Kirill Marinushkin
kernel space:
derive keys from "trusted" (with possibility to access from user space if proper permissions are set);user space:
store passwords within keyrings;
randomly generated keys, keys with payload given as hex string.What's your opinion on having derived keytype?
Ummm... I'm not keen on the name; it doesn't really capture what the key is for.
Apart from that, let me have another look through the patch.
David