Re: Part 2: System Structure

[Jörg Bornschein]

Jörg Bornschein wrote:
> We are discussing in the context of l4-hurd, an free (as in "open 
> source") operating system. So right now, this cost is reduced to 
> "install another version with an integrated debugger". This cost is 
> IMHO negligible.
Maybe I should write down where I'd like to end  up:

Given a non-TPM, open source system which hardware I own: opaque memory 
is a voluntary feature which can not be relied on. (in the eyes of a 
software "vendor").

Especially: It does not harm the the idea (ideology) of information freedom.

In this case its more comparable to the private/protected access 
modifier in most object oriented programming languages.


This conclusion (right now) does not hold in the cases of  "TPM  enabled 
system" or  "I'm not the hardware owner". These cases should be 
considered independently.

   j.