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-# ota-reference-design
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-A practical reference design for reliable and secure over-the-air updates on embedded Linux
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+# ota-reference-design
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+A practical reference design for reliable and secure over-the-air updates on embedded Linux
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+This repository is intended as an educational reference design. It demonstrates one possible approach to building a reliable OTA update system for embedded Linux. It is not intended to be a production-ready framework.
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