Re: [U-Boot] sha256_crypt for uboot

2012-07-09 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear Richard Retanubun, In message <4ffae18d.3080...@ruggedcom.com> you wrote: > > Thus, we aim to add the ability uboot to identify users, much like the > payload OS does > before granting access to its CLI (if the user interrupts the boot process). You are opening a can of worms here, and I be

Re: [U-Boot] sha256_crypt for uboot

2012-07-09 Thread Albert ARIBAUD
Hi Richard, On Mon, 9 Jul 2012 10:55:18 -0400, Richard Retanubun wrote: > >> Thanks for responding, I realize most people are probably away on > >> summer holiday. > > > > Actually some of them are at a U-Boot developer's meeting in Geneva. > > Uh-oh... Is it safe to place such a high concentrat

Re: [U-Boot] sha256_crypt for uboot

2012-07-09 Thread Richard Retanubun
Thanks for responding, I realize most people are probably away on summer holiday. Actually some of them are at a U-Boot developer's meeting in Geneva. Uh-oh... Is it safe to place such a high concentration of hacker brains so close to CERN? :) The primary concern here is the power of u-boot

Re: [U-Boot] sha256_crypt for uboot

2012-07-09 Thread Albert ARIBAUD
Hi Richard, On Mon, 9 Jul 2012 09:50:05 -0400, Richard Retanubun wrote: > On 05/07/12 05:59 AM, Albert ARIBAUD wrote: > Hi Albert, > > Thanks for responding, I realize most people are probably away on > summer holiday. Actually some of them are at a U-Boot developer's meeting in Geneva. > > Ca

Re: [U-Boot] sha256_crypt for uboot

2012-07-09 Thread Richard Retanubun
On 05/07/12 05:59 AM, Albert ARIBAUD wrote: Hi Albert, Thanks for responding, I realize most people are probably away on summer holiday. Can't speak for Wolfgang of course, but my main question would be why would U-Boot need to identify users when its payload OS can do this with much more ease

Re: [U-Boot] sha256_crypt for uboot

2012-07-05 Thread Albert ARIBAUD
Hi Richard, On Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:46:57 -0400, Richard Retanubun wrote: > Hello, > > I am working on a project to allow uboot to authenticate users by > using the same sha256_crypt function that Linux user-space use for > libcrypt [ref] http://www.akkadia.org/drepper/SHA-crypt.txt > > We chose

[U-Boot] sha256_crypt for uboot

2012-06-27 Thread Richard Retanubun
Hello, I am working on a project to allow uboot to authenticate users by using the same sha256_crypt function that Linux user-space use for libcrypt [ref] http://www.akkadia.org/drepper/SHA-crypt.txt We chose sha256 because uboot already have support for doing sha256 hashes, I am wondering abo