Re: Fw: signed kernel modules?

[Roman Zippel]

Hi,

On Thu, 14 Oct 2004, David Howells wrote:

> > How do you make sure that the module you sign is exactly the module that 
> > you want to get signed?
> 
> Currently you have to sign them manually (as I said in that email). The Fedora
> kernel spec file signs everything and its dog when you build the RPM.

I'm trying to understand the reason to stuff this into kernel. Why can't 
this check be done before loading the module into the kernel? If you don't 
trust insmod, how can you trust the build system?

bye, Roman
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