For what it's worth, I'm actually trying to solve the problem of creating a verifiably secure device based on a tamper-resistant design at the moment, so that b

For what it's worth, I'm actually trying to solve the problem of creating a verifiably secure device based on a tamper-resistant design at the moment, so that bias crept in a bit. I fully realize that what I'm trying to do (build a trustable boot path that's also hackable) is impossible to 100% achieve; I'm instead trying to see if I can build a super cheap design that's irritatingly expensive to circumvent (for a known value of "expensive", with hopefully 5 or 6 zeroes). It's a thought experiment at this point; I guess I'm practicing hammering every nail in sight with my ideas to test if my mindset is actually sane or not :P