On 15-10-21 11:52:04, David Howells wrote:
> Petko Manolov <pet...@mip-labs.com> wrote:
> 
> > As far as i know there is no concept of write-once to a keyring in the 
> > kernel.  David will correct me if i am wrong.  I wonder how hard would it 
> > be 
> > to add such functionality, in case it is missing?
> 
> Not hard, particularly if it's only an attribute that the kernel can set.

Definitely kernel-only.  The other way does not appeal to me in terms of 
security.

> > Ideally a revoked key should stay in .blacklist until it expire or the 
> > system is rebooted.
> 
> That's not quite sufficient.  Search would also need to be modified otherwise 
> the revoked key would be skipped.

OK, let's see if this is going to be a problem or not.


cheers,
Petko
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