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Are you aware of the kernel keyring and the keyctl API? I've always been curious why more programs don't use it, I guess it's not the most ergonomic API and doe
by paulfurtado 5y ago
Are you aware of the kernel keyring and the keyctl API? I've always been curious why more programs don't use it, I guess it's not the most ergonomic API and doesn't have many language bindings.
https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/keyctl.2.html https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/keyctl.2.html
- toyg 5y agoI considered it but, iirc, it's Linux-specific and I wanted something that could run on BSDs too.
- tremon 5y agoThat's nice, but you're moving the OP's goalposts here. The OP only mentioned Linux.
- GoblinSlayer 5y agoThat's a big manpage, but it tells nothing about what it is and does, you already need to know everything about it, but only want to refresh details.
- danuker 5y agoProbably the kernel keyring one is a better intro: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/keyrings.7.html https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/keyrings.7.html
- hawski 5y agoAFAIU from the post itself it seems the main problem is, that the kernel keyring API doesn't implement persistence, so it can be used to implement high level key-rings, but it is not enough by itself.