On Sat, 28 Jul 2012, Chuck Anderson wrote:
On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 06:23:33PM -0500, Jack Coats wrote:
I am guessing someone will either come up with a crack, or will buy a
'certificate' and it will be 'leaked' or otherwise subverted before
long.
I could envision a boot program could have it installed, and just be
used as a system loader like grub, and it would be the boot loader
that has a certificate rather than the entire system. It won't take
long for the 'license cost' to be amortized to under $.01 per system.
If that happens, the key will just be revoked.
How will a motherboard check for revoked keys? Will the vendor add them to
a list in ROM? I can't imagine BIOS vendors will be enthusiastic about
that chore, or be prompt in doing so.
dan feenberg
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