On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 3:10 PM, Gerry Reno <greno(a)verizon.net> wrote:
On 06/01/2012 03:56 PM, Jon Ciesla wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Gerry Reno <greno(a)verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>> Drive manufacturers need to do nothing.
>>
>> One drive probably SSD at this point, gets dedicated to OS. Other drive to
everything else.
>>
>> The read-write controllable interfaces already exist as I pointed out and are in
use by forensic firms.
> And how many consumer OEMs ship them?
>
> -J
Any Chinese fab would be able to produce any quantity needed within weeks to any number
of OEM's.
Key words, "would be able". What OEM ships this *today*? That's my point.
>
>> There are plenty of buttons/keys on machines right now that can be used to toggle
this interface.
>>
>> It's 100% doable today with existing hardware.
>>
>>
The whole point is that is that I provided just one example of an equally effective
solution to SecureBoot that has much
less impact on both Microsoft and Linux. The entire x86 industry is going to become a
mess if SecureBoot is
implemented. It'll be signature-HELL and a lot more.
This whole SecureBoot runaway train needs to have the brakes slammed on.
I'm not saying I love SecureBoot, but that ship has sailed. I also
wish Amiga hadn't futzed with their floppy drive stepper motors to
squeeze in more sectors per disk and made my floppies unreadable
without a trip to eBay, but that ship has sailed as well, so I pretty
have to find the best solution available for the situation at hand.
I would love for SecureBoot not to have happened, or to have happened
differently. If wishes were horses, even the poor would eat.
-J
Gerry
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