On Mon, 2006-05-01 at 09:11 +0200, Bas Wijnen wrote: > On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 12:29:30AM -0400, Jonathan S. Shapiro wrote: > > Pierre is correct. You can reinstall. You can even turn the chip off > > *without* reinstalling (when you turn it on again it will reinitialize). > > Of course you can simply install a new system. I was speaking of "upgrading" > and "bug fixing". This is not possible, because it will effectively be > "reinstalling" in that you lose all your data (assuming the default was to > protect it).
It is of course possible that MS will make a mistake in this regard, but it is perfectly clear how to execute the upgrade within the protocol of the TCPA hardware. I agree, however, that MS can only get this wrong once. Ever. > So you don't lose the power to destroy your operating system, but you do lose > the power to change it. This is far too strong. What you lose -- *if* you *choose* to turn the TCPA hardware on -- is the ability to change those portions of your operating system that implement the security contract. shap _______________________________________________ L4-hurd mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/l4-hurd
