module signing?
Rahul
sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Tue Aug 15 16:22:23 UTC 2006
tomhorsley at adelphia.net wrote:
> In https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=196871 I asked a question
> that was never answered. Perhaps someone in the list knows:
>
> What does module signing imply for folks who have their own kernel modules
> the build? Will "home brew" kernel modules be unable to load?
>
> If I can't load them, how the devil do I get my custom modules to work again?
>
> If I can load them, what is the point in module signing (which I imagine has
> something to do with security)?
>
http://lwn.net/Articles/92617/ explains this. There is no plans to
enforce any restrictions on third party kernel modules being loaded.
Hope that helps.
Rahul
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