http://thetarpit.org/2017/the-problem-of-trust "Now I feel like I know less about what that blog is about than I did before." Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:08:06 +0000 http://thetarpit.org hourly 1 http://thetarpit.org/2017/the-problem-of-trust#comment-4070 On open sores supply chainz « The Tar Pit Thu, 20 Apr 2023 18:06:38 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2017/the-problem-of-trust#comment-4070 [...] supports whatever it is you're trying to do. This layer alone comes with a pretty serious set of problems, since as of yet no one knows how to bake ICs without spending a fortune on masks4. FPGAs are [...] [...] supports whatever it is you're trying to do. This layer alone comes with a pretty serious set of problems, since as of yet no one knows how to bake ICs without spending a fortune on masks4. FPGAs are [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2017/the-problem-of-trust#comment-3007 On intellectual feudalism « The Tar Pit Sun, 18 Sep 2022 16:17:51 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2017/the-problem-of-trust#comment-3007 [...] TLS and PKI preloaded, because that's what his masters told him. I wonder if he understands that implicit trust, not "centralization", is the primary driver behind this wreckage. I also wonder if he understands [...] [...] TLS and PKI preloaded, because that's what his masters told him. I wonder if he understands that implicit trust, not "centralization", is the primary driver behind this wreckage. I also wonder if he understands [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2017/the-problem-of-trust#comment-2264 Further on the worship of technology « The Tar Pit Sat, 04 Jun 2022 22:23:06 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2017/the-problem-of-trust#comment-2264 [...] piece technology if he controls not only its product, e.g. the spear, but also the entire bootstrapping process that makes said product possible1, e.g. the materials and the skills required to build a spear. [...] [...] piece technology if he controls not only its product, e.g. the spear, but also the entire bootstrapping process that makes said product possible1, e.g. the materials and the skills required to build a spear. [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2017/the-problem-of-trust#comment-434 Building TRB on Debian Wheezy; a report « The Tar Pit Wed, 14 Oct 2020 06:52:31 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2017/the-problem-of-trust#comment-434 [...] the reader's keen eye might have noticed, we're running into a multi-layered bootstrapping problem: V and GNAT require themselves in order to press and build respectively; and furthermore, vtools [...] [...] the reader's keen eye might have noticed, we're running into a multi-layered bootstrapping problem: V and GNAT require themselves in order to press and build respectively; and furthermore, vtools [...]

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