Re: [PATCH 0/3] ELF executable signing and verification

[Rusty Russell]

Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Hi,
>
> This is a very crude RFC for ELF executable signing and verification. This
> has been done along the lines of module signature verification.

Yes, but I'm the first to admit that's the wrong lines.

The reasons we didn't choose that for module signatures:
1) I was unaware of it,
2) We didn't have a file descriptor in the module syscall, and
3) It needs attributes, and we don't understand xattrs in cpio (though
   bsdcpio does).

#1 and #2 are no longer true; #3 is a simple matter of coding.

Since signing binaries is the New Hotness, I'd prefer not to keep
reiterating this discussion every month.  Let's beef up IMA instead...

Thanks,
Rusty.
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