Establishing software root of trust unconditionally

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Establishing software root of trust unconditionally
Adrian Colyer, The Morning Paper, 2019/04/03
A 'root of trust' "ensures that a system state comprises all and only content chosen by the user, and the user’s code begins execution in that state." In other words, only if you have a root of trust can you be sure nobody else has infiltrated your computer with spyware or whatever. This paper (Establishing software root of trust unconditionally Gligor & Woo, NDSS’19) demonstrates a proof for root of trust. The proof is complex. More...