Grub Security Modules :)

Grub Security Modules :)

[Oleg Strikov]

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Good Day!
I'm gonna create some grub2 security extensions to make fully functional High
Assurance Bootloader. Now a have some pre-alpha code, but it seems to be
functional in short time.
I'm exporting some code from gnupg (gpl v.3) project (RSA and MD5 impl). Is
it correct?

Will it be usable for grub2 development?

Thanks

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Re: Grub Security Modules :)

[Robert Millan]

On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 04:08:35PM +0000, Oleg Strikov wrote:
> Good Day!
> I'm gonna create some grub2 security extensions to make fully functional High
> Assurance Bootloader. Now a have some pre-alpha code, but it seems to be
> functional in short time.
> I'm exporting some code from gnupg (gpl v.3) project (RSA and MD5 impl). Is
> it correct?
> 
> Will it be usable for grub2 development?

Hi Oleg!

What is a High Assurance Bootloader ?

-- 
Robert Millan

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Re: Grub Security Modules :)

[Uwe Hermann]

On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 09:26:45PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 04:08:35PM +0000, Oleg Strikov wrote:
> > Good Day!
> > I'm gonna create some grub2 security extensions to make fully functional High
> > Assurance Bootloader. Now a have some pre-alpha code, but it seems to be
> > functional in short time.
> > I'm exporting some code from gnupg (gpl v.3) project (RSA and MD5 impl). Is
> > it correct?
> > 
> > Will it be usable for grub2 development?
> 
> Hi Oleg!
> 
> What is a High Assurance Bootloader ?

Yep, good question.

Is this related to TPMs and stuff? If so, please check

  http://sourceforge.net/projects/trustedgrub
  http://trousers.sourceforge.net/grub.html

Does the functionality overlap? What's the status of
TrustedGRUB? Should the projects be merged? etc. etc.


Uwe.
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Re: Grub Security Modules :)

[Robert Millan]

On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 05:49:40PM +0100, Uwe Hermann wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 09:26:45PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 04:08:35PM +0000, Oleg Strikov wrote:
> > > Good Day!
> > > I'm gonna create some grub2 security extensions to make fully functional High
> > > Assurance Bootloader. Now a have some pre-alpha code, but it seems to be
> > > functional in short time.
> > > I'm exporting some code from gnupg (gpl v.3) project (RSA and MD5 impl). Is
> > > it correct?
> > > 
> > > Will it be usable for grub2 development?
> > 
> > Hi Oleg!
> > 
> > What is a High Assurance Bootloader ?
> 
> Yep, good question.
> 
> Is this related to TPMs and stuff?

I hope not.. but then again, I don't like making myself an opinion on something
before I hear what it is.

Oleg, please can you clarify what you intend to do?

-- 
Robert Millan

<GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call!
<DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak?
(as seen on /.)