On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Wouter van Ooijen wrote: >> You're kidding, right? A bootloader can be a hell of a lot more secure than >> giving direct access to the ICSP interface!! > > Sure? After ICSP the security fuses can be set as tight as required. > With a bootloader there is at the very least code in your chip that can > write the code space, often it will read too. Some bootloaders can change the configuration bits as well so that code protection is possible. > And without a tamper-proof housing the ICSP pins are accessible anyway > (to a sufficiently motivated foo). > -- Xiaofan http://mcuee.blogspot.com -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist