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LSS: Secure Boot

LSS: Secure Boot

Posted Sep 13, 2012 23:15 UTC (Thu) by nikarul (subscriber, #4462)
In reply to: LSS: Secure Boot by mjg59
Parent article: LSS: Secure Boot

It seems to me such an attacker could introduce an image that "looks" good during tests but is in fact compromised, or even subvert the verification process itself. And even if it does mean they have to take the extra step of attacking the firmware provisioning, this indicates to me its going to be extremely difficult to stop a determined attacker (as is often the case in security).

So at the end of the day, it may help deter attacks, but it remains to be seen whether its worth the extra hassle.


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LSS: Secure Boot

Posted Sep 14, 2012 0:04 UTC (Fri) by hummassa (subscriber, #307) [Link]

> So at the end of the day, it may help deter attacks, but it remains to be seen whether its worth the extra hassle.

The problem isn't even the "extra hassle".

It's the possibility of privacy-invading measures PLUS the false sense of security this will put on users.


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