Hi, > We would be in a sorry state if thieves could get around our security > by acquiring developer keys. No, these are two separate functions.
No, they aren't -- Tabitha is correct. Developer keys have overriden activation security since the first Bitfrost document: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Bitfrost The anti-theft system cannot be bypassed as long as #P_SF_CORE is enabled (and disabling it requires a developer key). This, in effect, means that a child is free to do any modification to her machine's userspace (by disabling #P_SF_RUN without a developer key), but cannot change the running kernel without requesting the key. The key-issuing process incorporates a 14-day delay to allow for a slow theft report to percolate up through the system, and is only issued if the machine is not reported stolen at the end of that period of time. -- Chris Ball <[email protected]> One Laptop Per Child _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
