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* 'docs-move' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rdunlap/linux-docs:
  Create Documentation/security/, move LSM-, credentials-, and keys-related files from Documentation/   to Documentation/security/, add Documentation/security/00-INDEX, and update all occurrences of Documentation/<moved_file>   to Documentation/security/<moved_file>.
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6 changes: 2 additions & 4 deletions Documentation/00-INDEX
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- listing of various WWW + books that document kernel internals.
kernel-parameters.txt
- summary listing of command line / boot prompt args for the kernel.
keys-request-key.txt
- description of the kernel key request service.
keys.txt
- description of the kernel key retention service.
kobject.txt
- info of the kobject infrastructure of the Linux kernel.
kprobes.txt
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- directory with info on the scheduler.
scsi/
- directory with info on Linux scsi support.
security/
- directory that contains security-related info
serial/
- directory with info on the low level serial API.
serial-console.txt
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions Documentation/filesystems/nfs/idmapper.txt
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this case, /some/other/program will handle all uid lookups and
/usr/sbin/nfs.idmap will handle gid, user, and group lookups.

See <file:Documentation/keys-request-keys.txt> for more information about the
request-key function.
See <file:Documentation/security/keys-request-keys.txt> for more information
about the request-key function.


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dns_query() returns a copy of the value attached to the key, or an error if
that is indicated instead.

See <file:Documentation/keys-request-key.txt> for further information about
request-key function.
See <file:Documentation/security/keys-request-key.txt> for further
information about request-key function.


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18 changes: 18 additions & 0 deletions Documentation/security/00-INDEX
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00-INDEX
- this file.
SELinux.txt
- how to get started with the SELinux security enhancement.
Smack.txt
- documentation on the Smack Linux Security Module.
apparmor.txt
- documentation on the AppArmor security extension.
credentials.txt
- documentation about credentials in Linux.
keys-request-key.txt
- description of the kernel key request service.
keys-trusted-encrypted.txt
- info on the Trusted and Encrypted keys in the kernel key ring service.
keys.txt
- description of the kernel key retention service.
tomoyo.txt
- documentation on the TOMOYO Linux Security Module.
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When a process accesses a key, if not already present, it will normally be
cached on one of these keyrings for future accesses to find.

For more information on using keys, see Documentation/keys.txt.
For more information on using keys, see Documentation/security/keys.txt.

(5) LSM

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===================

The key request service is part of the key retention service (refer to
Documentation/keys.txt). This document explains more fully how the requesting
algorithm works.
Documentation/security/keys.txt). This document explains more fully how
the requesting algorithm works.

The process starts by either the kernel requesting a service by calling
request_key*():
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions Documentation/keys.txt → Documentation/security/keys.txt
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/sbin/request-key will be invoked in an attempt to obtain a key. The
callout_info string will be passed as an argument to the program.

See also Documentation/keys-request-key.txt.
See also Documentation/security/keys-request-key.txt.


The keyctl syscall functions are:
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If successful, the key will have been attached to the default keyring for
implicitly obtained request-key keys, as set by KEYCTL_SET_REQKEY_KEYRING.

See also Documentation/keys-request-key.txt.
See also Documentation/security/keys-request-key.txt.


(*) To search for a key, passing auxiliary data to the upcaller, call:
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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions MAINTAINERS
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M: David Howells <[email protected]>
L: [email protected]
S: Maintained
F: Documentation/keys.txt
F: Documentation/security/keys.txt
F: include/linux/key.h
F: include/linux/key-type.h
F: include/keys/
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L: [email protected]
L: [email protected]
S: Supported
F: Documentation/keys-trusted-encrypted.txt
F: Documentation/security/keys-trusted-encrypted.txt
F: include/keys/trusted-type.h
F: security/keys/trusted.c
F: security/keys/trusted.h
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L: [email protected]
L: [email protected]
S: Supported
F: Documentation/keys-trusted-encrypted.txt
F: Documentation/security/keys-trusted-encrypted.txt
F: include/keys/encrypted-type.h
F: security/keys/encrypted.c
F: security/keys/encrypted.h
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/* Credentials management - see Documentation/credentials.txt
/* Credentials management - see Documentation/security/credentials.txt
*
* Copyright (C) 2008 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
* Written by David Howells ([email protected])
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* 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
*
* See Documentation/keys.txt for information on keys/keyrings.
* See Documentation/security/keys.txt for information on keys/keyrings.
*/

#ifndef _LINUX_KEY_H
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/* Task credentials management - see Documentation/credentials.txt
/* Task credentials management - see Documentation/security/credentials.txt
*
* Copyright (C) 2008 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
* Written by David Howells ([email protected])
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Please see Documentation/SELinux.txt for information on
Please see Documentation/security/SELinux.txt for information on
installing a dummy SELinux policy.
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* @flags: flags controlling what type of accept tables are acceptable
*
* Unpack a dfa that has been serialized. To find information on the dfa
* format look in Documentation/apparmor.txt
* format look in Documentation/security/apparmor.txt
* Assumes the dfa @blob stream has been aligned on a 8 byte boundary
*
* Returns: an unpacked dfa ready for matching or ERR_PTR on failure
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* published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2 of the
* License.
*
* AppArmor uses a serialized binary format for loading policy.
* To find policy format documentation look in Documentation/apparmor.txt
* AppArmor uses a serialized binary format for loading policy. To find
* policy format documentation look in Documentation/security/apparmor.txt
* All policy is validated before it is used.
*/

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* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, version 2 of the License.
*
* See Documentation/keys-trusted-encrypted.txt
* See Documentation/security/keys-trusted-encrypted.txt
*/

#include <linux/uaccess.h>
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* as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
* 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* See Documentation/keys-request-key.txt
* See Documentation/security/keys-request-key.txt
*/

#include <linux/module.h>
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* as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
* 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* See Documentation/keys-request-key.txt
* See Documentation/security/keys-request-key.txt
*/

#include <linux/module.h>
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* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, version 2 of the License.
*
* See Documentation/keys-trusted-encrypted.txt
* See Documentation/security/keys-trusted-encrypted.txt
*/

#include <linux/uaccess.h>
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