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+# Directions for creating the encrypted key that will be used to initialize
+# the EVM software.
+
+# Create the EVM key (encrypted key type)
+#
+# The encrypted key is a random number encrypted/decrypted using the
+# kernel master key. The encrypted key is only exposed to userspace
+# as an encrypted datablob.
+$ keyctl add encrypted evm-key "new trusted:kmk-trusted 32" @u
+782117972
+
+# Save the encrypted key
+$ su -c 'keyctl pipe `keyctl search @u encrypted evm-key` > /etc/keys/evm-trusted.blob'
+
+# The EVM key path name can be set in one of the following ways (specified in
+# the order in which the variable is overwritten):
+
+1) use the default value:
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+EVMKEY="/etc/keys/evm-trusted.blob"
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+2) create the configuration file '/etc/sysconfig/evm' and set the EVMKEY variable;
+
+3) specify the EVM key path name in the 'evmkey=' parameter of the kernel command
+line.
+
+
+# Directions for loading a custom IMA policy.
+
+# Write the policy following the instructions provided in the file
+# 'Documentation/ABI/testing/ima_policy' of the kernel documentation.
+
+# Save the policy in a file.
+
+# Create the configuration file '/etc/sysconfig/ima' to override the path name of
+# the IMA custom policy.
+------------- '/etc/sysconfig/ima' (with the default value) -------------
+IMAPOLICY="/etc/sysconfig/ima-policy"
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+# Information on loading distro, third party or local keys on the trusted IMA keyring
+
+# Loading distro, third party or local keys on the trusted IMA keyring requires
+# creating a local certificate authority(local-CA), installing the local-CA's
+# public key on the system-keyring and signing the certificates with the local-CA
+# key.
+#
+# Many directions for creating a mini certificate authority exist on the web
+# (eg. openssl, yubikey). (Reminder: safely storing the private key offline is
+# really important, especially in the case of the local-CA's private key.) The
+# local-CA's public key can be loaded onto the system keyring either by building
+# the key into the kernel or, on Fedora, storing it in the UEFI/Mok keyring. (As
+# of writing, the patches for loading the UEFI/Mok keys on the system-keyring
+# have not been upstreamed.)
+#
+# To view the system keyring: keyctl show %keyring:.system_keyring
+#
+# Most on-line directions for signing certificates requires creating a Certificate
+# Signing Request (CSR). Creating such a request requires access to the private
+# key, which would not be available when signing distro or 3rd party certificates.
+# Openssl provides the "-ss_cert" option for directly signing certificates.
+
+# 98integrity/ima-keys-load.sh script loads the signed certificates stored
+# in the $IMAKEYSDIR onto the trusted IMA keyring. The default $IMAKEYSDIR
+# directory is /etc/keys/ima, but can be specified in the /etc/sysconfig/ima
+# policy.