On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Jacob Appelbaum ja...@appelbaum.net wrote:
It runs software that is in Debian, the GNU/Linux operating system. I
know, I've written some of it (eg: tlsdate). They do a good job of
locking things down but it is basically just another distribution of Linux.
I
to dev mode, in which case, the
machine will complain at every boot that it's mode has been switched (so
you know).
Trever
On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 2:41 PM, T N trr...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Jacob Appelbaum ja...@appelbaum.netwrote:
It runs software that is in Debian
Just FYI:
Chrome OS devices are not subject to roll back attacks because the verified
boot does not allow that. Google has extensive documentation on this, and
you can review the implementation by viewing the source code. Rollback
attacks were an attack vector they specifically designed to
The word Linux doesn't refer to anything, other than maybe the kernel.
Chrome OS is linux. But it's a massively stripped down distribution that
has a radical design, including the fact that it will ONLY run if all of
the cryptographic checks are verified from the root of trust. That root of
