cyber-"terrorism"?

[David Wagner]

Brian Gladman wrote:
>I think a small security kernel running on a VM
>machine can improve security significantly when compared with what we have
>now.

I agree with this.  However, I think we'd get 95% of the improvement
by adding just the small security kernel, without the secure boot.

>If we can get
>strong process separation and full control of memory and peripheral access
>we don't need anything more from hardware.
[...]
>I am sad that David and Peter don't see this as I think its a fundamentally
>better way to go than the whole of TCPA.

Oh, if I had to choose between your proposal and TCPA, I'd take your
proposal: it does seem better than TCPA.  If nothing else, semi-coercive
applications would be harder to build with your proposal than with TCPA.
Taking away some pieces of TCPA would be great.

I must have misunderstood your position.  I thought you were supporting
TCPA, rather than suggesting an alternative to TCPA.  My apologies for
my confusion.