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Method of protecting a password from unauthorized access and data processing unit

US8239963B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Intel Mobile Communications GmbH · DE

Inventors

David Jennings · Lompoc, US
John Barstow · Sofia, BG
Patrik Eder · Taufkirchen, DE
Michael Goedecke · Munich, DE
Richard Knight · Deeping St James, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 26, 2007
Grant date	Aug 7, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 11, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F21/34
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of protecting a password from unauthorized access and a data processing unit are provided. An embodiment of the method of protecting a password from unauthorized access comprises storing data representing at least a portion of a password in a memory, assigning the data to at least one of a plurality of instructions, storing the plurality of instructions as processor executable code in the memory, and preventing read-out of the processor executable code as data from the memory.

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