Re: [RFC][PATCH 00/16] Crypto keys and module signing [ver #2] [LWN.net]

From:		"H. Peter Anvin" <h.peter.anvin-AT-intel.com>
To:		David Howells <dhowells-AT-redhat.com>
Subject:		Re: [RFC][PATCH 00/16] Crypto keys and module signing [ver #2]
Date:		Mon, 05 Dec 2011 03:32:13 -0800
Message-ID:		<4EDCABBD.9020401@intel.com>
Cc:		keyrings-AT-linux-nfs.org, linux-crypto-AT-vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module-AT-vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel-AT-vger.kernel.org, dmitry.kasatkin-AT-intel.com, zohar-AT-linux.vnet.ibm.com, arjan.van.de.ven-AT-intel.com, alan.cox-AT-intel.com
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On 11/29/2011 03:42 PM, David Howells wrote:
> 
> I have provided a couple of subtypes: DSA and RSA.  Both types have signature
> verification facilities available within the kernel, and both can be used for
> module signature verification with any encryption algorithm known by the PGP
> parser, provided the appropriate algorithm is compiled directly into the
> kernel.
> 

Do we really need the complexity of a full OpenPGP parser?  Parsers are
notorious security problems.  Furthermore, using DSA in anything but a
hard legacy application is not something you want to encourage, so why
support DSA?

	-hpa
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