Re: [GIT PULL] Crypto keys and module signing

From: David Howells
Date: Fri Dec 09 2011 - 13:07:17 EST


James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Is there any reason not to sign and verify kernel modules by default?

If you don't have an entropy source, your build can hang if it's waiting for
gpg to generate a key. You need to run rngd to get around this.

David
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