On Thu, 8 Aug 2002, AARG!Anonymous wrote:
It's likely that only a limited number of compiler configurations would
be in common use, and signatures on the executables produced by each of
those could be provided. Then all the app writer has to do is to tell
people, get compiler version
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 19:30:09 -0700
From: AARG!Anonymous [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re the debate over whether compilers reliably produce identical object
(executable) files:
The measurement and hashing in TCPA/Palladium will probably not be done
on the file itself, but on the executable content
AARG!Anonymous writes:
I'd like the Palladium/TCPA critics to offer an alternative proposal
for achieving the following technical goal:
Allow computers separated on the internet to cooperate and share data
and computations such that no one can get access to the data outside
the
Anon wrote:
You could even have each participant compile the program himself,
but still each app can recognize the others on the network and
cooperate with them.
Matt Crawford replied:
Unless the application author can predict the exact output of the
compilers, he can't issue a signature on
Anonymous wrote:
Matt Crawford replied:
Unless the application author can predict the exact output of the
compilers, he can't issue a signature on the object code. The
compilers then have to be inside the trusted base, checking a
signature on the source code and reflecting it somehow
Re the debate over whether compilers reliably produce identical object
(executable) files:
The measurement and hashing in TCPA/Palladium will probably not be done
on the file itself, but on the executable content that is loaded into
memory. For Palladium it is just the part of the program
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 12:50:29 -0700
From: AARG!Anonymous [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'd like the Palladium/TCPA critics to offer an alternative proposal
for achieving the following technical goal:
Allow computers separated on the internet to cooperate and share data
and computations such
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 21:55:40 +0200
From: R. Hirschfeld [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 12:50:29 -0700
From: AARG!Anonymous [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'd like the Palladium/TCPA critics to offer an alternative proposal
for achieving the following technical goal:
Allow
