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Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] KEYS: Adjust public key signature handling

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Hi David,

On Mon, 2016-02-29 at 18:21 +0000, David Howells wrote:
> These patches do the following:
> 
>  (1) Retain a signature in an asymmetric-type key and associate with it the
>      identifiers that will match a key that can be used to verify it.
> 
>  (2) Differentiate an X.509 cert that cannot be used versus one that cannot
>      be verified due to unavailable crypto.  This is noted in the
>      structures involved.
> 
>  (3) Determination of the self-signedness of an X.509 cert is improved to
>      include checks on the subject/issuer names and the key
>      algorithm/signature algorithm types.
> 
>  (4) Self-signed X.509 certificates are consistency checked early on if the
>      appropriate crypto is available.
> 
> This set of patches is a prelude to a set that changes how trustworthiness
> is determined.

These patches don't apply directly on top of linux-security.   Maybe
they apply on top of an updated version of the  "X.509: Software public
key subtype changes" patch set.   In which branch are these patches?

thanks,

Mimi

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[RFC PATCH 0/7] KEYS: Adjust public key signature handling David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-02-29 19:30 +0100
  [RFC PATCH 5/7] PKCS#7: Make the signature a pointer rather than  embedding it David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-02-29 19:30 +0100
  [RFC PATCH 7/7] There's a bug in the code determining whether a  certificate is self-signed David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-02-29 19:30 +0100
  [RFC PATCH 6/7] X.509: Extract signature digest and make  self-signed cert checks earlier David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-02-29 19:30 +0100
  [RFC PATCH 3/7] KEYS: Add identifier pointers to  public_key_signature struct David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-02-29 19:30 +0100
  [RFC PATCH 4/7] X.509: Retain the key verification data David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-02-29 19:30 +0100
  [RFC PATCH 2/7] KEYS: Allow authentication data to be stored in an  asymmetric key David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-02-29 19:30 +0100
  [RFC PATCH 1/7] X.509: Whitespace cleanup David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-02-29 19:30 +0100
  Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] KEYS: Adjust public key signature handling Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-03-02 13:20 +0100
    Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] KEYS: Adjust public key signature handling David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-03-02 13:30 +0100
      Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] KEYS: Adjust public key signature handling Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-03-02 16:10 +0100

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