#4707 HIGH Never A: Losing the RTC date bricks secure machines

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#4707: Losing the RTC date bricks secure machines
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 Reporter:  wmb at firmworks.com    |       Owner:  wmb at firmworks.com
     Type:  defect               |      Status:  new              
 Priority:  high                 |   Milestone:  Never Assigned   
Component:  ofw - open firmware  |     Version:                   
 Keywords:                       |    Verified:  0                
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 If the date in the RTC is bad - i.e. if it is prior to the day that
 firmware security was first checked in - the machine is a brick and can't
 be recovered even with a developer key.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/4707>
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