Re: [PATCH] Security: Keys: Added derived keytype

From	Kirill Marinushkin <k.marinushkin@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] Security: Keys: Added derived keytype
Date	2016-03-30 09:40 +0200
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>> For details see
>> Documentation/security/keys-derived.txt
>
> Usage?
>
> 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?

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Best Regards,
Kirill Marinushkin

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Re: [PATCH] Security: Keys: Added derived keytype Kirill Marinushkin <k.marinushkin@gmail.com> - 2016-03-30 09:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] Security: Keys: Added derived keytype David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-04-01 17:20 +0200

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