[U-Boot-Users] Secure Firmware + Firmware Upgrade?
Wolfgang Denk
wd at denx.de
Mon Jun 5 15:09:06 CEST 2006
In message <op.tanxj1fkdfxu59 at sys.t-mobile.de> you wrote:
>
> The only issue i see for now is that the image header structure won't
> accomodate
> the Digital signature string i.e. "image_header_t" and it has to be
> appended at the
> end of the firmware data blob.
You could write the signature to a separate file and use a multi-file
image to combine image and signature.
> Due the nature of the product this is possible but than again the warranty
> would void if some one updates the software by themselves.
The same is true if someone loads and runs an image that was not
officially released - so why goong through all this effort just to
make it more difficult to someone who *wants* to ignore the warranty?
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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