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Re: LPC Boot Loader Internals

2006-01-04 by jayasooriah

--- In lpc2000@yahoogroups.com, "unity0724" <unity0724@y...> wrote:
> Reverse disassembly of bootloader is of no use in hacking the chip.
> Regards

If this is true, Philips would have provided us with source for the
boot loader.

You do not expect Philips to build defects into the boot loader.  It
does not follow however that there are no defects, or that they cannot
be exploited.

In a regime where obscurity is critical component of security,
exposing internals is a high security risk.

Jaya

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