enable CONFIG_INTEL_TXT

Tom "spot" Callaway tcallawa at redhat.com
Thu Apr 1 13:54:46 UTC 2010


On 04/01/2010 09:38 AM, Stephen Smalley wrote:
> As far as I know the security of TXT in no way relies upon keeping the
> SINIT module closed source.

And yet, Intel refuses to open source it, quite adamantly.

On top of that, even if they did open source it, the hardcoded key
requirement prevents anyone from actually using the SINIT module when
built from source (well, except perhaps Intel and whomever they gave the
key to).

~spot


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