Re: [dm-devel] [RFC PATCH v5 00/11] Integrity Policy Enforcement LSM (IPE)

On Fri, 2020-08-07 at 13:31 -0400, Mimi Zohar wrote:

On Sat, 2020-08-08 at 02:41 +1000, James Morris wrote:

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On Thu, 6 Aug 2020, Mimi Zohar wrote:

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On Thu, 2020-08-06 at 09:51 +1000, James Morris wrote:

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On Wed, 5 Aug 2020, Mimi Zohar wrote:

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If block layer integrity was enough, there wouldn't have been a need
for fs-verity.   Even fs-verity is limited to read only filesystems,
which makes validating file integrity so much easier.  From the
beginning, we've said that fs-verity signatures should be included in
the measurement list.  (I thought someone signed on to add that support
to IMA, but have not yet seen anything.)

Going forward I see a lot of what we've accomplished being incorporated
into the filesystems.  When IMA will be limited to defining a system
wide policy, I'll have completed my job.

What are your thoughts on IPE being a standalone LSM? Would you prefer to 
see its functionality integrated into IMA?

Improving the integrity subsystem would be preferred.

Are you planning to attend Plumbers? Perhaps we could propose a BoF 
session on this topic.

That sounds like a good idea.

Other than it is already sold out.

Mimi