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Re:Producing a trustworthy x86-based Linux appliance by nextlevelwizard on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @07:42AM (#27367511)
Being able to verify that your program runs on authenticated firmware does not mean you can't modify the firmware or the software running or replace it with something else.

It just means that you can be sure no one else has tampered with your device.

To me it seems very silly to not follow this line of thought just because someone in the future might use it lock out hackers. This is like leaving bugs unfixed because someone might have a use for it.

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Re:Producing a trustworthy x86-based Linux appliance by nebulous1 on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @08:13AM (#27367741)
The user being able to verify things isn't the issue, the issue is somebody else being able to verify things, perhaps even requiring verification. This can even be extended (and already has been) to where binaries can be supplied in encrypted form and run on a processor that never reveals the unencrypted code to its user.
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Re:Producing a trustworthy x86-based Linux appliance by nextlevelwizard on Thursday June 03, 2021 @06:18AM (#27379194)
Who cares? Then you just wont hack that device
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