LaGrande and 'late binding', a criticism

[sherringham]

David Reed has put down some interesting thoughts on Intel's 'LaGrande'
DRM platform.

http://www.satn.org/archive/2002_09_08_archive.html#85437243

He makes an intriguing aside about an old 'military security model' that
I would like to know more about. The mistake he draws attention to must
be very common though. Assuming a system built to an ideal specification
will work, when in practice such an ideal is far from that actually
followed.

The main points made seem eminently reasonable. That it is a mistake to
freeze a specific security model in hardware, and potentially stifling
to innovation. What unintended consequences might there be?

I'd not heard of the Intel 432i 'OO'  microprocessor!

Cheers,


-- 
Alastair Sherringham
http://www.calliope.demon.co.uk
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