1 # IBM Integrity Measurement Architecture
4 bool "Integrity Measurement Architecture(IMA)"
14 The Trusted Computing Group(TCG) runtime Integrity
15 Measurement Architecture(IMA) maintains a list of hash
16 values of executables and other sensitive system files,
17 as they are read or executed. If an attacker manages
18 to change the contents of an important system file
19 being measured, we can tell.
21 If your system has a TPM chip, then IMA also maintains
22 an aggregate integrity value over this list inside the
23 TPM hardware, so that the TPM can prove to a third party
24 whether or not critical system files have been modified.
25 Read <http://www.usenix.org/events/sec04/tech/sailer.html>
26 to learn more about IMA.
29 config IMA_MEASURE_PCR_IDX
35 IMA_MEASURE_PCR_IDX determines the TPM PCR register index
36 that IMA uses to maintain the integrity aggregate of the
37 measurement list. If unsure, use the default 10.
44 This option adds a kernel parameter 'ima_audit', which
45 allows informational auditing messages to be enabled
46 at boot. If this option is selected, informational integrity
47 auditing messages can be enabled with 'ima_audit=1' on
48 the kernel command line.
52 depends on IMA && AUDIT && (SECURITY_SELINUX || SECURITY_SMACK)
55 Disabling this option will disregard LSM based policy rules.