On 15-10-21 11:55:40, David Howells wrote:
> Mimi Zohar <zo...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
> > > I need to think about this.  Should -EKEYREVOKED be the same as -ENOKEY 
> > > in 
> > > this case?  I guess the end result is pretty much the same from IMA view 
> > > point, but there may be a requirement to list all revoked keys...
> > 
> > When checking the blacklist, getting -EKEYREVOKED is definitely different 
> > than -ENOKEY.
> 
> Actually, I misspoke earlier.  Revoked keys are only skipped by the search if 
> a live key is found.  Should all the keys in the blacklist just be revoked so 
> that the search of the list returns either -ENOKEY (no key there) or 
> -EKEYREVOKED (the key is blacklisted)?  That might be getting too 
> over-complicated though.

>From IMA point of view both errors have the same effect - the requested 
operation is rejected.  I guess searching the blacklist keyring should return 
-EKEYREVOKED, which properly describes it's state.


cheers,
Petko
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