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Protection of a program jump from fault injection by masking a memory address with a random number

US7716459B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 11, 2005
Grant dateMay 11, 2010
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Expiry dateMay 11, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F21/755
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for performing at least one jump in a program executed by a processor, including determining a result over several bits as an indicator that a desired condition has been complied with, the result corresponding to an operation taking into account at least one predetermined value and at least one current value; and calculating a jump address which is a function of the result.

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