Method and central processing unit for processing encrypted software
US8286001B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 15, 2008 |
| Grant date | Oct 9, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 6, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F12/1009
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention provides a central processing unit for processing at least one encrypted software. The encrypted software comprises at least one encrypted software section. The encrypted software section is encrypted with a management key MK, and the MK being encrypted with a device key DK as a encrypted MK. The central processing unit comprises processing and cache unit, and cryptographic unit. The cryptographic unit comprises device key storage unit for storing the DK, a plurality of management key storage units for storing MKs, wherein each management key storage unit corresponding to a management key index MKI, and decryption unit. The decryption unit decrypts a encrypted MK with the DK to obtain a MK, stores the MK to a management key storage unit, and output a MKI corresponding to the management key storage unit, thus the MKI is used to correspond to the encrypted software section. Wherein, the decryption unit invokes corresponding MK according to the MKI and decrypts the encrypted software section, and directly transfers the decrypted software code and/or data to the processing and cache unit.
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