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Re: example: secure computing kernel needed

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Howe)
Sun Dec 14 10:31:11 2003

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From: "Dave Howe" <DaveHowe@gmx.co.uk>
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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 14:41:38 -0000

Paul A.S. Ward wrote:
> I'm not sure why no one has considered the PC banking problem to be a
> justification for secure computing.  Specifically, how does a user
> know their computer has not been tampered with when they wish to use
> it for banking access.
I think PC banking is an argument *against* Secure Computing as currently
proposed - there is no way to discover if there is a nasty "running" in
protected memory or removing it if there is.

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