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IP Protection

The security design described here leverages to the one described in the Anti-Cloning of a Peripheral use case. However, it focuses on a situation where a device manufacturer has invested a great deal of time and money into the development of intellectual property and wishes to prevent the reverse engineering (and consequent duplication) of this valuable asset.

Modern electronic devices are generally composed of off-the-shelf parts, and what differentiates one manufacturer device from their potential competitors is the IP Protection the device manufacturer can “build into” the system.

This Board ID use case addresses the very real risks associated with the introduction of a counterfeit or unauthorized firmware entering the supply chain, as well as implementing a mechanism for insuring that a device cannot be easily duplicated by reverse engineering firmware.

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