[OLPC-devel] Secure BIOS on the OLPC

Ivan Krstić krstic at solarsail.hcs.harvard.edu
Tue Aug 29 00:09:51 EDT 2006


Ronald G Minnich wrote:
> Because, you are assuming that a reboot is always intended, and that is
> not necessarily the case. Yes, on reboot you may find that file, but no,
> you don't know that you have rebooted due to an intentional decision to
> reboot, or an accident.

I'm not sure I follow. In what circumstances is flashing the BIOS during
an unintended reboot a problem?

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