On 05/31/2012 01:19 PM, Jon Ciesla wrote:
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Gerry Reno
<greno(a)verizon.net> wrote:
> On 05/31/2012 01:10 PM, Gregory Maxwell wrote:
>> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Gerry Reno <greno(a)verizon.net> wrote:
>>> Could be any of a thousand ways to implement this.
>>> Maybe it checks the BIOS to determine whether some SecureBoot flag is set.
>> While it pains me to argue with someone on my side— you're incorrect.
>> The compromised system would just intercept and emulate or patch out that test.
> Then what's missing here is a way for booted OS's to test themselves for
integrity.
Maybe some sort of cryptographic signature stored in the hardware?
<ducks>
-J
</sarcasm>
Just not dictated by one monopoly.
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