[OLPC-devel] OLPC "bootloader"

[Ivan Krstic]

Krishna Sankar (ksankar) wrote:
> 	Even though in this context SSL is not required, I still
> question the assumption. Am sure the processor can handle SSL, it is not
> that feeble, is it ? Another question to ponder later - how do we handle
> https ?

500 MHz is more than adequate to churn through SSL, but I'm saying that
it's utterly unnecessary in this instance. A reflash should be a plain
bulk data transfer with an integrity check at the end, nothing more.

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