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Re: [DRAFT] resolving DFSG violations



On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 05:36, Mark Brown <broonie@sirena.org.uk> wrote:

>> similar tools to modify the blob (even if it is only useful to do so on
>> a different board / with a different chipset)?
>
> Ish.  Someone else should be able to use the same tools (barring
> development environment issues) but modern FPGAs provide encryption
> mechanisms which mean that only someone posessing a security key blown
> into the hardware during the manufacturing process can generate an image
> that will be accepted.

What you said here doesn't make any sense. Barring development
environment issues? That's just skimming the surface of the issues.


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