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Bitfrost: the OLPC security model

Bitfrost: the OLPC security model

Posted Feb 8, 2007 14:28 UTC (Thu) by NAR (subscriber, #1313)
In reply to: Bitfrost: the OLPC security model by drag
Parent article: Bitfrost: the OLPC security model

It certainly uses features that mirror what is used in DRM, but it's goal/purpose is different.

This feature is basically "the hardware doesn't run the code if it's not signed". Which is good, when it disables working around the anti-theft code in the OLPC, but which is bad, when disables creating graphics card drivers that dump their output into a file (to copy a DVD, etc.).

Bye,NAR


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