[OLPC-devel] Secure BIOS on the OLPC

[Ronald G Minnich]

Ivan Krstić wrote:
> Richard Smith wrote:
> 
>>I was under the impression that the public key based crypto code is
>>pretty large. Due to the tables used.  Will the small binary really be
>>small?
> 
> 
> I was looking into this just as you sent your mail. I'll report back
> with some numbers.
> 

I am pretty uncomfortable with the idea of putting a magic file in place 
and then having a flash occur on reboot automatically. It gives me 
shivers. Possibly a mechanism whereby you can ensure that the flash is 
not write protected on next reboot? I am less worried by that.

tanks

ron