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On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Alexandre Oliva wrote: > On Jun 21, 2007, david@lang.hm wrote: > >> no, one of the rules for the network is that the software must be >> certified, > > In this case you might have grounds to enforce this restriction of the > network on the network controller itself, I suppose. how would the network controller know if the software has been modified? > Not that you should disable the network controller entirely (this > would render the computer useless for many other purpose unrelated > with blocking connections to your network). > > You could instead arrange for the network controller to send some > signal that enables the network to recognize that the device is > running certified software. what sort of signal can the network controller send that couldn't be forged by the OS? how would you do this where the device is a receiver on the netwoek (such as a satellite receiver) David Lang - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||
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