Retire emergency CLI: Zuse goes thumbdrive-resident, ACL.4th activated

Three tightly-coupled changes, verified together per Captain Bob's own
"getting rid of the emergency cli" direction:

1. Zuse's identity is thumbdrive-resident, never system-resident. New
   zuse_genesis_marker_t (magic/version/zuse_pubkey[32]/crc) replaces
   zuse_cert_devblock_t's slot in the top-of-device fence -- the system
   now remembers only that a root identity exists and its pubkey, never
   a seed. zuse_cert_devblock_t is kept in the repo, marked superseded,
   no longer written by any code path.

   capsule_mint_identity() grows a genesis mode (issuer_vm=NULL): no
   cert is built or written (Zuse isn't verified against a separate
   signer -- she's recognized by pubkey match against the marker) and
   two new optional out-params (out_pubkey/out_seed) let the caller
   install the cert immediately after a genesis mint.

   New capsule_zuse_boot_try_attach() (capsule_zuse_boot.c), called
   from sk_repl_idle() on every fresh USB attach (the only point in the
   boot lifecycle a thumbdrive can actually be detected -- attach
   polling doesn't exist yet at kernel_main.c's old one-shot mint point,
   which is why that whole block is gone): no marker + blank drive ->
   genesis-mint; marker present + matching drive -> read its own
   user_identity_seed_t, install the cert. Either way, re-runs
   ACL-ZUSE-BOOT (zuse.4th) so zuse_session activates exactly like it
   always has for a same-boot cert install -- ACL-PIN only blocks
   redefinition, not re-execution, so no new C-side auth logic needed.

2. ACL.4th activated (capsules/init.4th) -- inactive all session until
   now. Found and fixed a real bug this immediately surfaced: zuse.4th's
   ACL-ZUSE-BOOT tried `['] ACL-ZUSE-BOOT ACL-PIN` from inside its own
   still-compiling definition -- the word isn't findable yet at that
   point, so the whole definition silently failed to compile every
   previous boot this session (dormant, since ACL.4th never loaded).
   Fixed: pin after the definition closes, not from within it -- it
   only needs to happen once anyway, and pinning doesn't block the
   re-invocation genesis/attach needs.

3. The unauthenticated emergency-CLI ACL bypass is retired
   (repl.c): `emergency_console = is_hera ? (zuse_session ? 0 : 1) : 0`
   deleted from both sk_repl_step and sk_repl_run. Every word run from
   Hera's own bare prompt now goes through ordinary ACL enforcement;
   emergency_console is driven only by the genuine C-level fault
   handler again.

Added ZUSE-SESSION? (starforth_words.c), a read-only diagnostic
matching ZUSE-PUBKEY@'s own precedent, to verify the whole chain
directly rather than by inference.

Verified end-to-end live in QEMU: fresh boot, no thumbdrive ->
ZUSE-SESSION? reads 0. Attach a genuinely blank drive via QMP -> genesis
mint fires automatically (no typing) -> ZUSE-SESSION? reads -1 (true).
Hermes/Artemis both birth clean on all three architectures with ACL
now actually enforced for the first time all session -- no denials, no
UNKNOWN WORD beyond the deliberate POST self-test cases.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_019ZGkimpfyh63EZyRkNbkPD
This commit is contained in:
Robert Allan James
2026-08-28 16:10:40 -04:00
co-authored by Claude Sonnet 5
parent 7fc3e93358
commit cc9521d2cc
20 changed files with 55353 additions and 118 deletions
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@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@ static int write_devblock(struct blkio_dev *dev, uint32_t devblock,
MintResult capsule_mint_identity(struct blkio_dev *dev, VM *issuer_vm,
const char *full_name, const char *username,
const char *email, const char *phone) {
if (!dev || !issuer_vm || !full_name || !username) return MINT_ERR_WRITE_FAIL;
const char *email, const char *phone,
uint8_t out_pubkey[32], uint8_t out_seed[32]) {
if (!dev || !full_name || !username) return MINT_ERR_WRITE_FAIL;
/* full_name/username required and must fit; email/phone may be NULL
* (treated as empty/null) but must fit if given. */
@@ -83,13 +84,17 @@ MintResult capsule_mint_identity(struct blkio_dev *dev, VM *issuer_vm,
}
}
if (!issuer_vm->zuse_cert_installed) return MINT_ERR_NO_ZUSE_CERT;
if (!virtio_rng_ready()) return MINT_ERR_NO_ENTROPY;
/* issuer_vm==NULL is genesis mode (§F.21) -- no existing Zuse to
* require a cert from. */
if (issuer_vm && !issuer_vm->zuse_cert_installed) return MINT_ERR_NO_ZUSE_CERT;
if (!virtio_rng_ready()) return MINT_ERR_NO_ENTROPY;
/* Fresh identity keypair. */
uint8_t seed[32], pubkey[32];
if (virtio_rng_get_bytes(seed, sizeof(seed)) != 0) return MINT_ERR_NO_ENTROPY;
ed25519_keygen(seed, pubkey);
if (out_pubkey) memcpy(out_pubkey, pubkey, 32);
if (out_seed) memcpy(out_seed, seed, 32);
/* Fresh drive_uuid -- an independent random draw, not derived from
* the identity seed (§F.8 decision 3: "which physical drive," not
@@ -98,18 +103,29 @@ MintResult capsule_mint_identity(struct blkio_dev *dev, VM *issuer_vm,
if (virtio_rng_get_bytes(drive_uuid, sizeof(drive_uuid)) != 0)
return MINT_ERR_NO_ENTROPY;
/* Cert: SubjectPublicKeyInfo = new pubkey, serialNumber = drive_uuid,
* signed by Zuse's own on-device seed (§F.8 decision 4). */
uint8_t cert[512];
size_t cert_len = x509_build_user_cert(cert, sizeof(cert), pubkey,
drive_uuid, issuer_vm->zuse_cert_seed);
if (cert_len == 0 || cert_len > 4096) return MINT_ERR_CERT_BUILD;
uint32_t cert_devblock = 0;
uint32_t cert_devblocks = 0;
if (issuer_vm) {
/* Cert: SubjectPublicKeyInfo = new pubkey, serialNumber =
* drive_uuid, signed by Zuse's own on-device seed (§F.8
* decision 4). Genesis mode (issuer_vm==NULL) skips this
* entirely -- Zuse's own identity isn't verified against a
* separate signer, she's recognized directly by pubkey match
* against zuse_genesis_marker_t (§F.21). */
uint8_t cert[512];
size_t cert_len = x509_build_user_cert(cert, sizeof(cert), pubkey,
drive_uuid, issuer_vm->zuse_cert_seed);
if (cert_len == 0 || cert_len > 4096) return MINT_ERR_CERT_BUILD;
uint8_t cert_block[4096];
memset(cert_block, 0, sizeof(cert_block));
memcpy(cert_block, cert, cert_len);
if (write_devblock(dev, MINT_CERT_DEVBLOCK, cert_block) != 0)
return MINT_ERR_WRITE_FAIL;
uint8_t cert_block[4096];
memset(cert_block, 0, sizeof(cert_block));
memcpy(cert_block, cert, cert_len);
if (write_devblock(dev, MINT_CERT_DEVBLOCK, cert_block) != 0)
return MINT_ERR_WRITE_FAIL;
cert_devblock = MINT_CERT_DEVBLOCK;
cert_devblocks = MINT_CERT_DEVBLOCKS;
}
/* user_identity_seed_t record. */
user_identity_seed_t idrec;
@@ -145,8 +161,8 @@ MintResult capsule_mint_identity(struct blkio_dev *dev, VM *issuer_vm,
* anywhere in this codebase yet,
* §F.8's own open item */
sig.metadata_devblocks = MINT_METADATA_DEVBLOCKS;
sig.cert_offset = MINT_CERT_DEVBLOCK;
sig.cert_devblocks = MINT_CERT_DEVBLOCKS;
sig.cert_offset = cert_devblock;
sig.cert_devblocks = cert_devblocks;
sig.identity_src_offset = MINT_IDENTITY_SRC_OFFSET;
sig.identity_src_devblocks = MINT_IDENTITY_SRC_DEVBLOCKS;
sig.hdr_crc = homeblocks_sig_compute_crc(&sig);
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@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
/*
StarForth — Steady-State Virtual Machine Runtime
Copyright (c) 20232025 Robert A. James
All rights reserved.
Licensed under the StarForth License, Version 1.0
*/
#ifndef __STARKERNEL__
#error "capsule_zuse_boot.c is kernel-only"
#endif
#include "starkernel/capsule_zuse_boot.h"
#include "starkernel/capsule_mint.h"
#include "starkernel/zuse_genesis_marker.h"
#include "starkernel/user_identity_seed.h"
#include "starkernel/console.h"
#include "block_subsystem.h" /* compute_crc64(), blk_meta_zone_read/write */
#include "blkio.h"
#include <string.h>
#include <stddef.h>
/* Read exactly one devblock (4096 bytes) at devblock offset `devblock`,
* as 4 consecutive 1KiB forth-block reads -- mirrors capsule_runcap.c's
* and homeblocks_sig_check()'s own read convention. */
static int read_devblock(struct blkio_dev *dev, uint32_t devblock, uint8_t *buf4096) {
uint32_t base = devblock * 4u;
for (uint32_t i = 0; i < 4u; i++) {
if (blkio_read((blkio_dev_t *)dev, base + i,
buf4096 + (size_t)i * BLKIO_FORTH_BLOCK_SIZE) != BLKIO_OK) {
return -1;
}
}
return 0;
}
static int genesis_marker_read(zuse_genesis_marker_t *out) {
if (blk_meta_zone_read(0, (uint8_t *)out) != 0) return -1;
if (out->magic != ZUSE_GENESIS_MARKER_MAGIC) return -1;
if (out->version != ZUSE_GENESIS_MARKER_VERSION) return -1;
uint64_t want_crc = compute_crc64((const uint8_t *)out, offsetof(zuse_genesis_marker_t, crc));
if (want_crc != out->crc) return -1;
return 0;
}
static void install_and_activate(VM *mama_vm, const uint8_t seed[32], const uint8_t pubkey[32]) {
if (vm_zuse_cert_install(mama_vm, seed, pubkey) != 0) return;
/* zuse.4th's ACL-ZUSE-BOOT self-activated once already at Mama's own
* birth, when no cert was installed yet (the thumbdrive wasn't
* attached at that early, one-shot point) -- ACL-PIN only blocks
* *redefinition*, not re-execution, so re-running the same policy
* word here is the correct, already-designed way to activate
* zuse_session now that a cert genuinely exists. No new C-side auth
* logic; policy stays in ACL.4th/zuse.4th per this project's own
* convention. */
vm_interpret(mama_vm, "ACL-ZUSE-BOOT");
}
void capsule_zuse_boot_try_attach(struct blkio_dev *dev,
homeblocks_sig_result_t sig_rc,
const homeblocks_sig_t *sig,
VM *mama_vm) {
if (!dev || !mama_vm) return;
if (mama_vm->zuse_cert_installed) return; /* already have Zuse this boot */
zuse_genesis_marker_t marker;
int have_marker = (genesis_marker_read(&marker) == 0);
if (!have_marker) {
if (sig_rc != HOMEBLOCKS_SIG_BLANK) return; /* not eligible for genesis */
uint8_t seed[32], pubkey[32];
MintResult r = capsule_mint_identity(dev, (VM *)0, "Zuse", "zuse",
(const char *)0, (const char *)0,
pubkey, seed);
if (r != MINT_OK) {
console_println("Zuse: genesis mint failed");
return;
}
zuse_genesis_marker_t wm;
memset(&wm, 0, sizeof(wm));
wm.magic = ZUSE_GENESIS_MARKER_MAGIC;
wm.version = ZUSE_GENESIS_MARKER_VERSION;
memcpy(wm.zuse_pubkey, pubkey, 32);
wm.crc = compute_crc64((const uint8_t *)&wm, offsetof(zuse_genesis_marker_t, crc));
if (blk_meta_zone_write(0, (const uint8_t *)&wm) != 0) {
console_println("Zuse: genesis minted but fence marker write FAILED (not persistent)");
} else {
console_println("Zuse: genesis minted onto attached thumbdrive");
}
install_and_activate(mama_vm, seed, pubkey);
return;
}
/* Marker present: genesis already happened, on some thumbdrive.
* Only act if THIS attach is that drive. */
if (sig_rc != HOMEBLOCKS_SIG_OK || !sig) return;
if (sig->identity_src_offset == 0 || sig->identity_src_devblocks < 1) return;
user_identity_seed_t idrec;
if (read_devblock(dev, sig->identity_src_offset, (uint8_t *)&idrec) != 0) return;
if (idrec.magic != USER_IDENTITY_SEED_MAGIC) return;
if (memcmp(idrec.pubkey, marker.zuse_pubkey, 32) != 0) return; /* not Zuse's drive */
console_println("Zuse: identity confirmed from attached thumbdrive");
install_and_activate(mama_vm, idrec.seed, idrec.pubkey);
}
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@@ -831,7 +831,8 @@ static void mama_word_mint(VM *vm)
return;
}
MintResult r = capsule_mint_identity(dev, vm, full_name, username, email, phone);
MintResult r = capsule_mint_identity(dev, vm, full_name, username, email, phone,
(uint8_t *)0, (uint8_t *)0);
switch (r) {
case MINT_OK:
console_println("MINT: identity minted");
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@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES *g_sk_runtime_services = NULL;
#include "starkernel/pci.h"
#include "starkernel/virtio_blk.h"
#include "starkernel/virtio_rng.h"
#include "starkernel/ed25519.h"
#include "starkernel/zuse_cert_devblock.h"
#include "starkernel/virtio_input.h"
#include "starkernel/xhci_driver.h"
#include "block_subsystem.h"
@@ -607,62 +605,21 @@ static void kernel_main_deep(BootInfo *boot_info) {
}
}
/* Phase 8: Zuse first-boot mint-then-load, via the top-of-device
* system-metadata fence (block_subsystem.h's blk_meta_zone_read()/
* write(), FABRIC-3.md Phase 8 §C) -- NOT UEFI NVRAM. An earlier
* NVRAM-based attempt page-faulted inside OVMF's variable service on
* a real flash write (root-caused, documented, reverted); raw block
* I/O against Artemis's already-proven virtio-blk device has none of
* that risk and needs no runtime-services timing care at all. Runs
* here, before capsule_birth_mama() below, so ACL.4th/zuse.4th's
* self-activating ACL-ZUSE-BOOT sees a populated cert on its one,
* ordinary first pass -- no re-invocation workaround needed this
* time. "Mint once, ever": a valid ZUSE_CERT_DEVBLOCK_MAGIC record
* in the fence means a prior boot already minted -- load it back
* rather than generating a new one. Graceful no-op if there's no
* disk-backed device or no entropy source; Zuse simply won't
* authenticate this boot. */
{
zuse_cert_devblock_t rec;
int found = 0;
if (blk_meta_zone_read(0, (uint8_t *)&rec) == 0 &&
rec.magic == ZUSE_CERT_DEVBLOCK_MAGIC &&
rec.version == ZUSE_CERT_DEVBLOCK_VERSION) {
uint64_t want_crc = compute_crc64((const uint8_t *)&rec, offsetof(zuse_cert_devblock_t, crc));
if (want_crc == rec.crc) found = 1;
}
VM *zuse_vm = (VM *)mama_vm;
if (found) {
if (vm_zuse_cert_install(zuse_vm, rec.seed, rec.pubkey) == 0) {
console_println("Zuse: cert loaded from block fence");
}
} else if (virtio_rng_ready()) {
uint8_t seed[32];
if (virtio_rng_get_bytes(seed, sizeof(seed)) == 0) {
uint8_t pubkey[32];
ed25519_keygen(seed, pubkey);
if (vm_zuse_cert_install(zuse_vm, seed, pubkey) == 0) {
zuse_cert_devblock_t wrec;
memset(&wrec, 0, sizeof(wrec));
wrec.magic = ZUSE_CERT_DEVBLOCK_MAGIC;
wrec.version = ZUSE_CERT_DEVBLOCK_VERSION;
memcpy(wrec.seed, seed, 32);
memcpy(wrec.pubkey, pubkey, 32);
wrec.crc = compute_crc64((const uint8_t *)&wrec, offsetof(zuse_cert_devblock_t, crc));
if (blk_meta_zone_write(0, (const uint8_t *)&wrec) == 0) {
console_println("Zuse: minted, fuse blown");
} else {
console_println("Zuse: minted but fence write FAILED (not persistent)");
}
}
} else {
console_println("Zuse: entropy read failed, not minted this boot");
}
} else {
console_println("Zuse: no cert and no entropy source, not minted this boot");
}
}
/* Zuse identity: SUPERSEDED 2026-08-28 (FABRIC-3.md §F.20/§F.21).
* The one-shot block-fence mint-or-load that used to run here is
* gone -- Zuse is thumbdrive-resident now (her seed never touches
* system storage), and a thumbdrive can't be detected this early in
* boot anyway (USB attach polling only exists inside the REPL's own
* idle loop, which hasn't started yet at this point). The real
* genesis-mint/attach-authenticate logic now lives in
* capsule_zuse_boot_try_attach() (capsule_zuse_boot.c), called from
* sk_repl_idle() on every fresh USB attach; ACL.4th/zuse.4th's
* ACL-ZUSE-BOOT self-activation at Mama's own birth below will see
* no cert installed yet on a fresh boot (expected -- it gets
* re-invoked once a matching/genesis-eligible drive actually
* attaches). The system-resident fence slot this block used to write
* (zuse_cert_devblock_t, devblock_from_top=0) now holds
* zuse_genesis_marker_t instead -- pubkey only, never a seed. */
/* item 4.3.5c: virtio-keyboard-pci, riscv64 only today. Unconditional
* call site, same as virtio_blk_find_artemis() above -- the function
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@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
#include "starkernel/blkio_usb.h"
#include "starkernel/homeblocks_sig.h"
#include "starkernel/capsule_birth.h"
#include "starkernel/capsule_zuse_boot.h"
#include "starkernel/capsule_run.h"
#include "starkernel/vm/bootstrap/sk_vm_bootstrap.h"
#include "block_subsystem.h"
@@ -183,6 +184,16 @@ static void sk_repl_idle(VM *active_vm)
console_println("xhci: USB drive signature check failed to read the device -- read-only general use only");
break;
}
/* FABRIC-3.md §F.20/§F.21: Zuse is thumbdrive-resident now,
* not system-resident -- this is the only point in the boot
* lifecycle a just-attached drive's sig result is known, so
* genesis-mint/attach-authenticate has to happen from here,
* not as a one-shot kernel_main.c step (a thumbdrive can't
* be detected before the REPL's own idle polling exists to
* detect it). No-ops immediately if Zuse already has a real
* identity this boot. */
capsule_zuse_boot_try_attach(&usb_blk_dev, sig_rc, &sig, (VM *)sk_get_mama_vm());
}
if (rc == 0 && blk_subsys_attach_device(&usb_blk_dev) == BLK_OK) {
xdev->bot_msc_attached = 1;
@@ -447,12 +458,17 @@ static int sk_readline(char *buf, int size, VM *active_vm)
}
/*===========================================================================
* sk_repl - Emergency FORTH REPL
* sk_repl - FORTH REPL
*
* FABRIC-3.md §F.20/§F.21 (2026-08-28): the unauthenticated emergency-CLI
* ACL bypass this REPL used to grant itself on Hera's own bare prompt is
* retired -- every word runs under ordinary ACL enforcement here now,
* console identity included. emergency_console still exists as a field
* (vm.h) and is still set, briefly, by the genuine C-level VM fault
* handler (EMERGENCY_CONSOLE_ENABLED build flag) for crash recovery --
* that's a distinct, narrower mechanism this REPL no longer touches.
*
* Mirrors vm_repl() from src/repl.c:
* - Sets vm->emergency_console = 1 for the duration (this IS the emergency
* console; bypasses ACL so zuse authentication is not required to recover)
* - Prints "zuse)ok> " when zuse_session=1, else "ok> "
* - Reads a line via sk_readline (non-blocking, heartbeat-serviced)
* - Calls vm_interpret
* - Prints " ok" or " ERROR"
@@ -487,12 +503,13 @@ int sk_repl_step(VM *vm)
{
/* Unified prompt (FABRIC.md 4.4a): console_putc()'s existing per-line
* "[VMName] " prefix (console.c, g_active_vm_name) already supplies the
* bracket -- print only "ok> " here, don't build a second one. The
* emergency_console bypass is a security decision, not a display one --
* it still applies only to Hera's bare prompt, per FABRIC.md 4.4. */
const char *vn = console_get_vm_name();
int is_hera = (!vn || (vn[0]=='H' && vn[1]=='e' && vn[2]=='r' && vn[3]=='a' && vn[4]=='\0'));
vm->emergency_console = is_hera ? (vm->zuse_session ? 0 : 1) : 0;
* bracket -- print only "ok> " here, don't build a second one.
* emergency_console is no longer set from here (FABRIC-3.md §F.20/
* §F.21: the emergency-CLI ACL bypass is retired) -- it's driven
* only by the genuine C-level fault handler now (vm.c's own
* emergency-fault-recovery use, EMERGENCY_CONSOLE_ENABLED). Every
* word run from this REPL, Hera's bare prompt included, goes
* through ordinary ACL enforcement. */
console_puts(SK_PROMPT_TEXT);
}
@@ -533,15 +550,11 @@ void sk_repl_run(VM *vm)
/* Unified prompt (FABRIC.md 4.4a): console_putc()'s existing per-line
* "[VMName] " prefix (console.c, g_active_vm_name) already supplies the
* bracket -- print only "ok> " here, don't build a second one. The
* emergency_console bypass is a security decision, not a display one --
* it still applies only to Hera's bare prompt, per FABRIC.md 4.4. */
{
const char *vn = console_get_vm_name();
int is_hera = (!vn || (vn[0]=='H' && vn[1]=='e' && vn[2]=='r' && vn[3]=='a' && vn[4]=='\0'));
active->emergency_console = is_hera ? (active->zuse_session ? 0 : 1) : 0;
console_puts(SK_PROMPT_TEXT);
}
* bracket -- print only "ok> " here, don't build a second one.
* emergency_console is no longer set from here (FABRIC-3.md §F.20/
* §F.21: the emergency-CLI ACL bypass is retired) -- see sk_repl_
* step()'s matching comment above. */
console_puts(SK_PROMPT_TEXT);
sk_readline(input, sizeof(input), active);
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@@ -793,6 +793,15 @@ static void starforth_word_zuse_authenticate(VM *vm)
vm->zuse_session = 1;
}
/* ZUSE-SESSION? ( -- flag ) Read-only diagnostic (FABRIC-3.md §F.21,
* added 2026-08-28): confirms whether ZUSE-AUTHENTICATE has actually run
* this boot. No corresponding write access -- matches ZUSE-PUBKEY@'s own
* read-only-window convention. */
static void starforth_word_zuse_session(VM *vm)
{
vm_push(vm, vm->zuse_session ? -1 : 0);
}
/* ZUSE-PUBKEY@ ( i -- u ) Read-only: fetch 8-byte little-endian chunk i
* (0..3) of Zuse's 32-byte Ed25519 public key as one cell. Out-of-range i
* pushes 0 and sets vm->error rather than faulting. No FORTH word can
@@ -860,6 +869,7 @@ void register_starforth_words(VM* vm)
register_word(vm, "RANDOM", starforth_word_random);
register_word(vm, "WAIT", starforth_word_wait);
register_word(vm, "ZUSE-AUTHENTICATE", starforth_word_zuse_authenticate);
register_word(vm, "ZUSE-SESSION?", starforth_word_zuse_session);
register_word(vm, "ZUSE-PUBKEY@", starforth_word_zuse_pubkey_fetch);
register_word(vm, "ZUSE-CERT-INSTALLED?", starforth_word_zuse_cert_installed_query);
register_word(vm, "HEARTBEAT-TICKS@", starforth_word_heartbeat_ticks);
@@ -880,6 +890,7 @@ void register_starforth_words(VM* vm)
register_word(vm, "RANDOM", starforth_word_random);
register_word(vm, "WAIT", starforth_word_wait);
register_word(vm, "ZUSE-AUTHENTICATE", starforth_word_zuse_authenticate);
register_word(vm, "ZUSE-SESSION?", starforth_word_zuse_session);
register_word(vm, "ZUSE-PUBKEY@", starforth_word_zuse_pubkey_fetch);
register_word(vm, "ZUSE-CERT-INSTALLED?", starforth_word_zuse_cert_installed_query);
register_word(vm, "HEARTBEAT-TICKS@", starforth_word_heartbeat_ticks);