[OLPC Security] Anti-theft and Anti-Sale ideas for Nepal

[Simson Garfinkel]

>
> like... the laptop should compulsarily register itself to the villege
> server (say, as n school attendance/roll call) in say every 1 month
> atlest. And the village server will send it a SIGNED digital
> certificate as its attendance token that will expire in 1 month. Say,
> the attendance can be done manually or automatically. In this case
> say... if the laptop misses attendance for more than 1 month the
> laptop will automatically be de-activated. The laptop reported as sold
> or stolen wont get the certificate token. Kernel and firmware
> modification can only be done by proper validiation of personal
> identity by teachers etc on request immidiately or the person has to
> wait for atlest say 3 months before he/she gets a developer key.
>
> Looks like n foolproof theory to me    lol ;)

Hi, Bipin. It is somewhat difficult for me to understand your text  
above.

However, I'm pretty sure that the system that OLPC has designed is  
the same as the system that you have proposed above.