Linus Torvalds <torva...@linux-foundation.org> writes:
> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 5:54 PM, Greg KH <gre...@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> One of the main sane use-cases for module signing is:
>>>
>>>  - CONFIG_CHECK_SIGNATURE=y
>>>  - randomly generated one-time key
>>>  - "make modules_install; make install"
>>>  - "make clean" to get rid of the keys.
>>>  - reboot.
>>
>> I want that too, but right now 'make clean' leaves the keys around,
>> which seems a bit dangerous to me.
>
> Oh, yes, we should make sure the key file gets cleaned up at "make clean".

I left it at distclean, figuring the temporary key is a bit like the
.config.  But it's trivial to change if people think that's unnatural.

Cheers,
Rusty.
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