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SubjectRe: [RFC][PATCH 2/2] modsig: differentiate between ephemeral and persistent key names
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Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
> Using the same name for ephemeral and "persistent" keys results
> in deleting the "persistent" key. This patch renames the normal
> kbuild asymmetric key pair name to "default_signing_key" and the
> ephemeral key pair name to "ephemeral_signing_key".

I like the idea: I was always uncomfortable with the mixing of
persistent and temporary keys. But it's a bit misguided, because surely
persistent keys don't belong in the build tree at all.

How about we do something like:

# Default to temporary keys
MODKEYPREFIX = ./temp_signing_key

MODSECKEY = $(MODKEYPREFIX).priv
MODPUBKEY = $(MODKEYPREFIX).x509

Then encourage people to do:

make MODKEYPREFIX=...

We could also use a config option to set the path, but that's probably
less convenient.

Cheers,
Rusty.


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