[libvirt] [PATCHv3 1/5] smartcard: add XML support for <smartcard> device
Daniel P. Berrange
berrange at redhat.com
Wed Jan 26 12:25:06 UTC 2011
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 05:36:54PM -0700, Eric Blake wrote:
> + <dl>
> + <dt><code>mode='host'</code></dt>
> + <dd>The simplest operation, where the hypervisor relays all
> + requests from the guest into direct access to the host's
> + smartcard via NSS. No other attributes or sub-elements are
> + required. However, in cases where extra permissions must be
> + granted to the hypervisor to access the host's smartcard device,
> + an optional <code><source
> + dev='/path/to/smartcard'/></code> element is supported.
> + Also, see below about the use of an
> + optional <code><address></code> sub-element.</dd>
Based on the mail about pcscd, we don't want a device path here
after all.
> + <dt><code>mode='host-certificates'</code></dt>
> + <dd>Rather than requiring a smartcard to be plugged into the
> + host, it is possible to provide three files residing on the host
> + and containing NSS certificates. These certificates can be
> + generated via the command <code>certutil -d /etc/pki/nssdb -x -t
> + CT,CT,CT -S -s CN=cert1 -n cert1</code>, and the resulting three
> + files must be supplied as the content of each of
> + three <code><certificate></code> sub-elements. An
> + additional sub-element <code><database></code> can specify
> + an additional file to use as the database.</dd>
What does the 'database' do ? This concept is somewhat specific
to the NSS library afaict - other crypto libraries don't have a
database like this.
Should we also have 'database' for the 'host' mode if we need one ?
Regards,
Daniel
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