Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754162AbXFPKTQ (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Jun 2007 06:19:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752325AbXFPKTG (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Jun 2007 06:19:06 -0400 Received: from s2.ukfsn.org ([217.158.120.143]:38504 "EHLO mail.ukfsn.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750996AbXFPKTE (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Jun 2007 06:19:04 -0400 Message-ID: <4673B913.2020506@dgreaves.com> Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:18:59 +0100 From: David Greaves User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070601) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Krzysztof Halasa Cc: Linus Torvalds , Daniel Hazelton , Michael Gerdau , Alexandre Oliva , Lennart Sorensen , Greg KH , debian developer , "david@lang.hm" , Tarkan Erimer , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , mingo@elte.hu Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 References: <200706142049.41819.dhazelton@enter.net> <200706150825.15491.mgd@technosis.de> <200706150520.15086.dhazelton@enter.net> <46726793.1020206@dgreaves.com> <4672D648.7020700@dgreaves.com> <46738CD2.2080804@dgreaves.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1208 Lines: 34 Krzysztof Halasa wrote: > David Greaves writes: > >>> How hard would it be to reprogramm the flash? >> The flash contains hashes signed by the companies private key. >> >> The kernel contains the public key. It can decrypt the hashes but the >> private key isn't available to encrypt them. So although you can put a >> new application onto the system, you can't create a signed hash to >> write to the flash. > > Then how hard would it be to reprogram the flash, to get rid of all > this crap? Or to just put your public key there. > > Do they at least use BGA type of flash chips so you can't attach > a clip and have to use something more demanding? Stop trying to technically crack my 5-minute fag-packet design - that's easy and boring :) Tivo have solved this problem - use their solution - but do it on something more general purpose. Help fix it - the point is more "is this feasible". And if it is, "does it matter?" David - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/