The design and the processor do not support secure boot.

Gerald


On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 2:29 PM, Robert Nelson <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 2:22 PM, Drew Fustini <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Anyone familiar with doing "secure" boot on a BBB?
> >
> > Someone raised the idea on another forum of secure boot on BBB:
> >
> http://www.element14.com/community/thread/43371/l/high-security-version-of-bbb
> >
> > I came across this on LWN.net:
> >
> > "Verified U-Boot"
> > https://lwn.net/Articles/571031/
> >
> > It is from 2013 but does mention the BaegleBone Black:
> >
> > "The crypto code is simple and does not deal with multiple indirections
> and
> > data conversions. In fact, it typically takes longer to hash a kernel
> > than it does to verify it using RSA. On a BeagleBone Black (OMAP4), it
> > takes about 6ms to verify a configuration and only adds 6.2KB to
> > U-Boot's code size."
> >
> > It strikes me as wrong to equate BBB with OMAP4, but hopefully this
> > really is talking about the BBB.
>
> You'd have to special order the chips from TI...  Unless your name is
> Google/etc, i doubt you'd get access to it..
>
> If you want a secure bbb, it's best to dump it in a gallon of apoxy,
> then a bucket of cement, then drop into the ocean..
>
> Not useful, but secure...
>
> Regards,
>
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