You are correct, "never" is far too long to quantify. I stand corrected.
Secure by default because --Big Brother says that it is secure" is tantamount to loss of individuality and personal freedom.--
Perhaps -- Secure by means of openly auditable and verifiable security trace would be better?--
"Big Brother" is not always an answer.
On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Andrew Goodbody ajg4tadpole@gmail.comwrote:
On 03/01/13 23:23, gary sheppard wrote:
Numerous security experts have already said it is anything but secure, and it will never be secure. They have only said this quietly, and that "voice" has been minimalized, while "PROGRESS" is shouted to the heavens. Hey, look at android and how phone makers "lock" it down. Does it stay locked? No! Come on people, put your heads out of... ;)
Gary
Security is not an absolute. It is a tradeoff against the time needed to overcome it. Secure Boot is more secure than no security. coreboot offers no security. coreboot can never be "the Solution to the Secure Boot Fiasco" until it can offer better security than Secure Boot.
Yes there may be breaks for early implementations of Secure Boot but anyone predicting that it can never be fixed is a very brave person. Never is a long time. Remember, fixed does not mean perfect. Fixed just means takes longer to overcome than anyone cares to invest in it.
Sorry but "this will be broken because everything before it has been broken" is not a credible critique; that is the inductive fallacy.
Andrew