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Anyone else sick of the "%s on Raspberry Pi" Howtos. In the vast majority of them, there is nothing specific to the Raspberry Pi, they're simply "How to do %s w

by subway 14y ago

Anyone else sick of the "%s on Raspberry Pi" Howtos. In the vast majority of them, there is nothing specific to the Raspberry Pi, they're simply "How to do %s with a linux box".

THE_PUN_STOPS 14y ago
I can see why its not a bad thing, too. If the raspberry pi is reaching people who otherwise wouldn't be capable or motivated to do the "%s on linux" tutorials, then perhaps it's accomplishing its intended use, no?
IheartApplesDix 14y ago
On top of that, all these ARM Cortex based boards have a closed hypervisior on them. It's pretty silly to run this as a router when you have no idea what's running in the hypervisior. I haven't been able to find any information on what it's actually running except some sources say that it might be running a port of Xen for ARM. Using them to program your robot plant-watering robot is fine but using it for any kind of internet connected device more complicated than that is probably a bad idea.
- subway 14y ago
  I was unaware of a a hypervisor sitting on the ARM Cortex. Do you have any links to additional information? (I've been using the RPi to prototype a product for the service industry (Cheap linux box with exposed gpio), and while I don't intend to use them in prod, I'm curious of the potential implications for my beta users.
  - IheartApplesDix 14y ago
    "In practice, since the specific implementation details of TrustZone are proprietary and have not been publicly disclosed for review, it is unclear what level of assurance is provided for a given threat model." Let me know if you have a better "source".
- helper 14y ago
  Source?
  - IheartApplesDix 14y ago
    There is no "source" "In practice, since the specific implementation details of TrustZone are proprietary and have not been publicly disclosed for review, it is unclear what level of assurance is provided for a given threat model."
orangethirty 14y ago
These articles are good because they show beginners new projects to tackle. If you know them then more power to you. But dont assume everyone else does.

by subway 14y ago

Anyone else sick of the "%s on Raspberry Pi" Howtos. In the vast majority of them, there is nothing specific to the Raspberry Pi, they're simply "How to do %s with a linux box".

THE_PUN_STOPS 14y ago

I can see why its not a bad thing, too. If the raspberry pi is reaching people who otherwise wouldn't be capable or motivated to do the "%s on linux" tutorials, then perhaps it's accomplishing its intended use, no?

IheartApplesDix 14y ago

On top of that, all these ARM Cortex based boards have a closed hypervisior on them. It's pretty silly to run this as a router when you have no idea what's running in the hypervisior. I haven't been able to find any information on what it's actually running except some sources say that it might be running a port of Xen for ARM. Using them to program your robot plant-watering robot is fine but using it for any kind of internet connected device more complicated than that is probably a bad idea.

subway 14y ago
I was unaware of a a hypervisor sitting on the ARM Cortex. Do you have any links to additional information? (I've been using the RPi to prototype a product for the service industry (Cheap linux box with exposed gpio), and while I don't intend to use them in prod, I'm curious of the potential implications for my beta users.
- IheartApplesDix 14y ago
  "In practice, since the specific implementation details of TrustZone are proprietary and have not been publicly disclosed for review, it is unclear what level of assurance is provided for a given threat model." Let me know if you have a better "source".
helper 14y ago
Source?
- IheartApplesDix 14y ago
  There is no "source" "In practice, since the specific implementation details of TrustZone are proprietary and have not been publicly disclosed for review, it is unclear what level of assurance is provided for a given threat model."

orangethirty 14y ago

These articles are good because they show beginners new projects to tackle. If you know them then more power to you. But dont assume everyone else does.