[OLPC-devel] Secure BIOS on the OLPC

Tue Aug 29 18:23:02 EDT 2006

Mission accomplished ! The little ones have a life-long invaluable
lesson on the state of internet security !

> -----Original Message-----
> From: devel-bounces at laptop.org 
> [mailto:devel-bounces at laptop.org] On Behalf Of James Cameron
> Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 3:09 PM
> To: devel at laptop.org
> Subject: Re: [OLPC-devel] Secure BIOS on the OLPC
> 
> Goal: teach the kids how to be careful about provenance of 
> updates, phishing, and risks of bricking.
> 
> Method: use quite conventional BIOS update techniques.
> 
> Outcome: bricked units, a bit of work to unbrick, and some 
> *very* educated kids.  Won't do *that* again.  Think of it as 
> evolution in action.
> 
> -- 
> James Cameron    mailto:quozl at us.netrek.org     
> http://quozl.netrek.org/
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