Loading data onto an electronic device
(2009) 7587600- Abstract
- A method of protecting an electronic device from unauthorized reprogramming, the electronic device comprising a data memory and a key memory, the method comprising loading into the key memory a predetermined public key of a cryptographic public key mechanism for verifying subsequent data items to be loaded into the data memory, the subsequent data items being signed with a corresponding private key; characterized in that the method further comprises setting a permanent identifier in the electronic device, the permanent identifier including an identifier identifying an entity authorized to reprogram the electronic device and an indicator identifying a selected one of a number of categories of public keys.
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- inventor
- Smeets, Ben LU ; Bodensjö, Marcus ; Osthoff, Harro and Schalin, Patrik
- organization
- publishing date
- 2009-09-08
- type
- Patent
- publication status
- published
- subject
- patent number
- 7587600
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 5c6ab02e-56fe-487a-96ff-9339265cdae6
- alternative location
- https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DUS7587600B2
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- 2021-10-24 13:37:32
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- 2021-10-25 16:25:41
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abstract = {{A method of protecting an electronic device from unauthorized reprogramming, the electronic device comprising a data memory and a key memory, the method comprising loading into the key memory a predetermined public key of a cryptographic public key mechanism for verifying subsequent data items to be loaded into the data memory, the subsequent data items being signed with a corresponding private key; characterized in that the method further comprises setting a permanent identifier in the electronic device, the permanent identifier including an identifier identifying an entity authorized to reprogram the electronic device and an indicator identifying a selected one of a number of categories of public keys.}},
author = {{Smeets, Ben and Bodensjö, Marcus and Osthoff, Harro and Schalin, Patrik}},
language = {{eng}},
month = {{09}},
note = {{Patent, Patent Number: 7587600}},
title = {{Loading data onto an electronic device}},
url = {{https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DUS7587600B2}},
year = {{2009}},
}