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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:35:31 +0000
From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
To: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/efi: pull NV+BS variables out before we exit boot
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On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 08:14:45AM +0000, James Bottomley wrote:

> Any security assumptions that rely on inability to read certain
> information aren't really going to be that secure.  Inability to modify,
> sure, but inability to read, not really.

Well, I guess that's public/private key cryptography screwed.

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
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