On Sat, May 06, 2006 at 06:52:13AM -0700, Michal Suchanek wrote: > Ehm, the chip has two functions > -secure key storage > -OS attestation > > If you rely on either of these it is central to security and > reliablity. If you do not, the chip is useless as it does not provide > any other function. > > Both of these function assume some property of the chip that cannot be > verified. For key storage it is durability non-disclosure of the keys > (in fact, there is even no attempt to guarantee durability of the > keys). For attestation it is non-forgeability of the signature. Both > is solely in the hands of the designer and producer of the chips. > > >And if you're not happy with it, maybe you could burn it. > > If you use a free OS and a piece of hardware that is not completely > horrible you should be able to just ignore it.
Or emulate it... > Michal -Farid. _______________________________________________ L4-hurd mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/l4-hurd
