Re: Revised keyrings(7) man page for review

On 12/13/2016 03:20 PM, David Howells wrote: > Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > >> The payload data may be stored in a tmpfs filesystem, >> rather than in kernel memory, if the data size exceeds the >> overhead of

Re: Revised keyrings(7) man page for review

On 12/13/2016 03:20 PM, David Howells wrote: > Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > >> The payload data may be stored in a tmpfs filesystem, >> rather than in kernel memory, if the data size exceeds the >> overhead of storing the data in the

Re: Revised keyrings(7) man page for review

Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > The payload data may be stored in a tmpfs filesystem, > rather than in kernel memory, if the data size exceeds the > overhead of storing the data in the filesystem. (Storing >

Re: Revised keyrings(7) man page for review

Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > The payload data may be stored in a tmpfs filesystem, > rather than in kernel memory, if the data size exceeds the > overhead of storing the data in the filesystem. (Storing > the data in a

Re: Revised keyrings(7) man page for review

On 12/13/2016 02:38 PM, David Howells wrote: > Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > >> So, I've updated this piece a couple of times since the draft that you >> reviewed, and by now it reads: >> >>"big_key" (since Linux 3.13) >> This key type is

Re: Revised keyrings(7) man page for review

On 12/13/2016 02:38 PM, David Howells wrote: > Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > >> So, I've updated this piece a couple of times since the draft that you >> reviewed, and by now it reads: >> >>"big_key" (since Linux 3.13) >> This key type is similar to the "user" key

Re: Revised keyrings(7) man page for review

Hi David, On 12/13/2016 02:31 PM, David Howells wrote: > Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > >> I use/Linux man-pages uses the "Oxford comma" convention. > > "... an optional comma ..." ;-) > > There's also: > > ... LSM security checks are still performed, and

Re: Revised keyrings(7) man page for review

Hi David, On 12/13/2016 02:31 PM, David Howells wrote: > Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > >> I use/Linux man-pages uses the "Oxford comma" convention. > > "... an optional comma ..." ;-) > > There's also: > > ... LSM security checks are still performed, and may filter out >

Re: Revised keyrings(7) man page for review

Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > So, I've updated this piece a couple of times since the draft that you > reviewed, and by now it reads: > >"big_key" (since Linux 3.13) > This key type is similar to the "user" key type, but it may >

Re: Revised keyrings(7) man page for review

Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > So, I've updated this piece a couple of times since the draft that you > reviewed, and by now it reads: > >"big_key" (since Linux 3.13) > This key type is similar to the "user" key type, but it may > hold a payload of

Re: Revised keyrings(7) man page for review

Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > I use/Linux man-pages uses the "Oxford comma" convention. "... an optional comma ..." ;-) There's also: ... LSM security checks are still performed, and may filter out further keys that the process is not authorized

Re: Revised keyrings(7) man page for review

Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > I use/Linux man-pages uses the "Oxford comma" convention. "... an optional comma ..." ;-) There's also: ... LSM security checks are still performed, and may filter out further keys that the process is not authorized to view. but has two

Re: Revised keyrings(7) man page for review

Hello David, Amended a piece here after Eugene's note about encrypted keys. On 13 December 2016 at 13:43, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > Hi David, > > On 12/13/2016 12:35 PM, David Howells wrote: >> Michael Kerrisk wrote: >> >>>"big_key"

Re: Revised keyrings(7) man page for review

Hello David, Amended a piece here after Eugene's note about encrypted keys. On 13 December 2016 at 13:43, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > Hi David, > > On 12/13/2016 12:35 PM, David Howells wrote: >> Michael Kerrisk wrote: >> >>>"big_key" (since Linux 3.13) >>> This

Re: Revised keyrings(7) man page for review

Hi David, On 12/13/2016 12:35 PM, David Howells wrote: > Michael Kerrisk wrote: > >>The Linux key-management facility is primarily a way for driv‐ >>ers to retain or cache security data, authentication keys, >>encryption keys, and other data in the

Re: Revised keyrings(7) man page for review

Hi David, On 12/13/2016 12:35 PM, David Howells wrote: > Michael Kerrisk wrote: > >>The Linux key-management facility is primarily a way for driv‐ >>ers to retain or cache security data, authentication keys, >>encryption keys, and other data in the kernel. > > No

Re: Revised keyrings(7) man page for review

Michael Kerrisk wrote: >The Linux key-management facility is primarily a way for driv‐ >ers to retain or cache security data, authentication keys, >encryption keys, and other data in the kernel. No comma before "and". >access to the

Re: Revised keyrings(7) man page for review

Michael Kerrisk wrote: >The Linux key-management facility is primarily a way for driv‐ >ers to retain or cache security data, authentication keys, >encryption keys, and other data in the kernel. No comma before "and". >access to the facility. See

Re: Revised keyrings(7) man page for review

Hi David, Would you have a chance to look at this page? Cheers Michael On 11/04/2016 04:47 PM, Michael Kerrisk wrote: > Hi David, > > As part of the process of adopting the *.7 pages from > keyutils into man-pages, I've made some significant > extensions to the keyrings(7) page. Among the

Re: Revised keyrings(7) man page for review

Hi David, Would you have a chance to look at this page? Cheers Michael On 11/04/2016 04:47 PM, Michael Kerrisk wrote: > Hi David, > > As part of the process of adopting the *.7 pages from > keyutils into man-pages, I've made some significant > extensions to the keyrings(7) page. Among the

Revised keyrings(7) man page for review

Hi David, As part of the process of adopting the *.7 pages from keyutils into man-pages, I've made some significant extensions to the keyrings(7) page. Among the more notable changes: * Expanded the detail in "Key types" * Addition of a section on the various /proc files * Various other minor

Revised keyrings(7) man page for review

Hi David, As part of the process of adopting the *.7 pages from keyutils into man-pages, I've made some significant extensions to the keyrings(7) page. Among the more notable changes: * Expanded the detail in "Key types" * Addition of a section on the various /proc files * Various other minor