On 2012-09-29 18:23, Frank Cusack wrote: > On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 12:40 AM, Anders Rundgren <anders.rundg...@telia.com > <mailto:anders.rundg...@telia.com>> wrote: > > Right. There is no point in installing applications in the SE; > applications are installed on top of the OS. > The SE only needs to keep keys (like smart cards in reality do ..) . > > > That's a very limited use of the SE.
There are other uses such a supporting secure boot but having things like payment applications in the SE looks to me like a moderately useful idea since the SE doesn't come with a GUI. > > Keys OTOH will presumably be possible to deploy by anybody the day > Google dumps GlobalPlatform. > > > Global Platform is completely orthogonal. Keys could be deployed today with > or without GP if Google wanted to allow it. Is that so? Since Google most likely use a symmetric management key an external party cannot use secure messaging and then the whole SE idea becomes very uninteresting. Anders
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