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2# Key management configuration
3#
4
5config KEYS
6 bool "Enable access key retention support"
David Howellsb2a4df22013-09-24 10:35:18 +01007 select ASSOCIATIVE_ARRAY
David Howellsf0894942012-05-11 10:56:56 +01008 help
9 This option provides support for retaining authentication tokens and
10 access keys in the kernel.
11
12 It also includes provision of methods by which such keys might be
13 associated with a process so that network filesystems, encryption
14 support and the like can find them.
15
16 Furthermore, a special type of key is available that acts as keyring:
17 a searchable sequence of keys. Each process is equipped with access
18 to five standard keyrings: UID-specific, GID-specific, session,
19 process and thread.
20
21 If you are unsure as to whether this is required, answer N.
22
David Howellsab3c3582013-09-24 10:35:18 +010023config BIG_KEYS
24 tristate "Large payload keys"
25 depends on KEYS
26 depends on TMPFS
27 help
28 This option provides support for holding large keys within the kernel
29 (for example Kerberos ticket caches). The data may be stored out to
30 swapspace by tmpfs.
31
32 If you are unsure as to whether this is required, answer N.
33
David Howellsf0894942012-05-11 10:56:56 +010034config TRUSTED_KEYS
35 tristate "TRUSTED KEYS"
36 depends on KEYS && TCG_TPM
37 select CRYPTO
38 select CRYPTO_HMAC
39 select CRYPTO_SHA1
40 help
41 This option provides support for creating, sealing, and unsealing
42 keys in the kernel. Trusted keys are random number symmetric keys,
43 generated and RSA-sealed by the TPM. The TPM only unseals the keys,
44 if the boot PCRs and other criteria match. Userspace will only ever
45 see encrypted blobs.
46
47 If you are unsure as to whether this is required, answer N.
48
49config ENCRYPTED_KEYS
50 tristate "ENCRYPTED KEYS"
51 depends on KEYS
52 select CRYPTO
53 select CRYPTO_HMAC
54 select CRYPTO_AES
55 select CRYPTO_CBC
56 select CRYPTO_SHA256
57 select CRYPTO_RNG
58 help
59 This option provides support for create/encrypting/decrypting keys
60 in the kernel. Encrypted keys are kernel generated random numbers,
61 which are encrypted/decrypted with a 'master' symmetric key. The
62 'master' key can be either a trusted-key or user-key type.
63 Userspace only ever sees/stores encrypted blobs.
64
65 If you are unsure as to whether this is required, answer N.
66
67config KEYS_DEBUG_PROC_KEYS
68 bool "Enable the /proc/keys file by which keys may be viewed"
69 depends on KEYS
70 help
71 This option turns on support for the /proc/keys file - through which
72 can be listed all the keys on the system that are viewable by the
73 reading process.
74
75 The only keys included in the list are those that grant View
76 permission to the reading process whether or not it possesses them.
77 Note that LSM security checks are still performed, and may further
78 filter out keys that the current process is not authorised to view.
79
80 Only key attributes are listed here; key payloads are not included in
81 the resulting table.
82
83 If you are unsure as to whether this is required, answer N.