On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 11:06:55AM +0300, Dmitry Kasatkin wrote: > Hello, > > I respond to the original question of this thread. > signed initramfs allows not only to add keys to the keyrings but perform > other initialization, > which requires user-space. > Keys can be embedded into the kernel. This is fine.
What other initialization user space need to do where we can't trust root (even in secureboot mode). IOW, if keys can be embedded in kernel (or read from UEFI db and MOK db), what other operation requires initramfs to be signed. It could very well be unsigned initramfs like today. Thanks Vivek -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
