[crypto] Ensure that a closed channel is left with unusable ciphers

We currently protect against a consumer that erroneously uses values
generated from the ephemeral master secret after closing a previously
opened channel, by deliberately replacing the ephemeral master secret
rather than zeroing it when the channel is closed.

Extend this concept to protect against a consumer that erroneously
uses the ciphers after closing a previously opened channel (or that
erroneously uses the ciphers from a channel that failed to open
successfully), by using the dead ciphers by default and by enabling
the plaintext (null) ciphers when and only when the channel has been
successfully opened.

Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
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README.md

iPXE network bootloader

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iPXE is the leading open source network boot firmware. It provides a full PXE implementation enhanced with additional features such as:

  • boot from a web server via HTTP or HTTPS,

  • boot from an iSCSI, FCoE, or AoE SAN,

  • control the boot process with a script,

  • create interactive forms and menus.

You can use iPXE to replace the existing PXE ROM on your network card, or you can chainload into iPXE to obtain the features of iPXE without the hassle of reflashing.

iPXE is free, open-source software licensed under the GNU GPL (with some portions under GPL-compatible licences).

You can download the rolling release binaries (built from the latest commit), or use the most recent stable release.

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