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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>nrfutil settings generate generates different boot loader settings every time</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/71068/nrfutil-settings-generate-generates-different-boot-loader-settings-every-time</link><description>Pardon my ignorance of the nuances of Security and Encryption but what I am observing is a bit perplexing. 
 Every time I run the nrfutil command to generate the bootloader settings, with the same input parameters, I get a &amp;#39;different&amp;#39; settings file. I</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 13</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2021 16:54:58 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/71068/nrfutil-settings-generate-generates-different-boot-loader-settings-every-time" /><item><title>RE: nrfutil settings generate generates different boot loader settings every time</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/292042?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2021 16:54:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:8aa7eadc-afae-44ef-a89b-e1e440771f63</guid><dc:creator>RVM</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: nrfutil settings generate generates different boot loader settings every time</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/292001?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2021 13:17:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:cddf9c6d-dd6e-4a66-92f4-94b51fae1d33</guid><dc:creator>Vidar Berg</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The ECDSA signature used for &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Boot validation" href="https://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/topic/sdk_nrf5_v17.0.2/lib_secure_boot.html?cp=7_1_3_5_0_8_1#secure_boot_validation"&gt;Boot validation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; of the application image is re-generated every time you generate a new settings page, and the signature will change between every iteration because the algorithm includes a random component.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Cheers&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Vidar&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>