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Re: Back door design


From: Marcus Brinkmann
Subject: Re: Back door design
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 03:19:36 +0100
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At Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:49:03 +0300,
Anton Tagunov <address@hidden> wrote:
> I think I've designed it :)) Please judge me.
> 
> 1. Administration
> 
> OS runs in one of two modes - opaque (default) and debug.
> Opaque mode == no application has been designated as "Debugger".
> Debug mode  == there is at least one application designated as "Debugger".
> 
> OS Admin GUI has a section used to
> * designate any application as "Debugger"
> * designate any application as exempt from debugging (irreversible)
> * disable debugging completely (irreversible)
> To enter this section Admin has to perform a sufficiently arcane procedure 
> [1].

To put this into the context of "trusted computing", let me repeat a
remark I just made in another reply.  The ability to "debug" (or
cheat) transparently for remote attestation was also made here:

Trusted Computing: Promise and Risk By Seth Schoen
http://www.eff.org/Infrastructure/trusted_computing/20031001_tc.php
 
You may want to compare your proposal with "Owner Override" as
described there.  The ability to mark some processes as exempt is an
interesting addition.

Thanks,
Marcus





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