[OLPC-devel] OLPC "bootloader"

[Jim Gettys]

On Sun, 2006-06-25 at 11:25 -0400, Christopher Blizzard wrote:

> 
> We will need to work through the design issues on the re-install.  It's 
> dangerous to overload the discussion with project athena issues.  It 
> might be as simple as a single shared secret with checksumming.  It's 
> the experience that matters.

Exactly: the point I was making was just that man-in-the-middle attacks
are not theoretical, but can and have occurred.  There may be simple
solutions for this case.
                     Regards,
                         -Jim

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Jim Gettys
One Laptop Per Child