Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 10 Sep 2013 16:58:07 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 00/12] One more attempt at useful kernel lockdown |
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On 09/10/2013 04:55 PM, Mimi Zohar wrote: >> >> What would the deliverables be from the hardware vendor and what tools >> would you expect them to need on their end? > > The package installer needs to not only install files, but file metadata > as well. Elena Reshetova (Intel) has already added rpm hooks to write > security xattrs. The next step, yet to be done, is to include and write > the signatures as part of the rpm install process. >
That's a total non-option.
There needs to be something that can be done even on a Windows box by a largely untrained release engineer if we're going to have a prayer of getting this supported.
So, there is your answer why not.
-hpa
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