[coreboot] protect flashing

mrnuke mr.nuke.me at gmail.com
Mon Mar 10 18:54:49 CET 2014


On Monday, March 10, 2014 06:11:41 PM Marcus Moeller wrote:
> Hi all.
> 
> Is there a way to protect against re-flashing, e.g. by using a password
> or an encryption key?
> 
Don't believe everything you read in whitepapers and sales brochures. 
Passwords and/or encryption have nothing to do with protecting flash contents. 
Chances are you'll want to work with the write-protect pin on the chip, and 
its write-protect registers. Have a look at what google did for the 
chromebooks. That's a pretty solid mechanism

Alex



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