> In either case, you just need root to update targeted binaries. My understanding is that the difference is you would need to boot with a kernel with veriexec

> In either case, you just need root to update targeted binaries. My understanding is that the difference is you would need to boot with a kernel with veriexec disabled to replace binaries and regenerate hashes. Root alone isn't sufficient, and you can't disable veriexec as root in strict mode.