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Apparatus and method of reading a program into a processor

  • US 6,141,756 A
  • Filed: 04/27/1998
  • Issued: 10/31/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/27/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method comprising the steps of:

  • entering a bootstrap mode of a processor;

    during the bootstrap mode;

    reading, into a memory within the processor, a bootstrap program from a device external to the processor;

    decrypting the bootstrap program using a key embedded inside the processor, yielding a decrypted program;

    performing authentication verification on the decrypted program;

    executing, by the processor, the decrypted program only after the decrypted program is authenticated, and when the decrypted program fails to be authenticated, inhibiting execution of the decrypted program by the processor.

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