Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752732Ab2KFJQJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Nov 2012 04:16:09 -0500 Received: from lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk ([81.2.110.251]:40883 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752189Ab2KFJP2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Nov 2012 04:15:28 -0500 Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 09:20:19 +0000 From: Alan Cox To: Takashi Iwai Cc: Josh Boyer , Matthew Garrett , joeyli , Jiri Kosina , David Howells , Rusty Russell , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, linux-efi@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 0/4] Add firmware signature file check Message-ID: <20121106092019.025fc7b7@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: References: <1348152065-31353-1-git-send-email-mjg@redhat.com> <20121029174131.GC7580@srcf.ucam.org> <20121031173728.GA18615@srcf.ucam.org> <1351743715.21227.95.camel@linux-s257.site> <20121101131849.752df6fd@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.1 (GTK+ 2.24.8; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 510 Lines: 13 > But how would distro sign modules that are built externally? > It should be the pretty same situation. I would start with the "would" and lawyers and liability and then stop worrying about the how. Absent someone actually intending to do it and saying so. Alan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/