| ??? 11/25/05 05:19 Read: times |
#104146 - Out of spec Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Ian Bell said:
Jan Waclawek said:
Ian Bell said:
Have you informed the chip manufacturer? Oh, Ian, do you really think they don't know? Of course they know. I mentioned it because they are the one other party you can be sure is interested in stopping it. Any information you can give them will help keep your product secure and make the manufacturer gratefull to you. Not quite so. In fact, if you read some data sheets, they implicitly agree to the existence of code breakers and have limited liability clauses. See this excerpt from a datasheet of PIC16F914 (Not verbatim as I am not able to cut - paste from the PDF) Microchip said:
- Microchip 'believes' that its family of products is one of the most secure in the market today when used in the 'intended manner and under normal conditions' - There are dishonest and illegal methods used to breach the code protection feature. All of these methods, to our knowledge, require using the products outside the operating conditions specified in the datasheet. Most likely the person is involved in theft of intellectual property - Neither Microchip nor any other manufacturer can guarantee the security of their code.Code protection does not mean that the product is unbreakable. Jerson |
| Topic | Author | Date |
| code lock breakers | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| I doubt | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| I said so, and I mean it in the proper c | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| this won't help | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Manufacturer | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| would do that if breaking specific chip | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| vulnerabilities | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| I am sure they do know | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Out of spec | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| manufacturer | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Maybe... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Danger Will Robinson? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| There might be a way | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| DMCA | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Mean MCU hardware locks are broken ? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Look here | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| But no body knows how it is done | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| This link shows an example | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| lockbreakers | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| US Federal Anti-Hacking Laws | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| USA Only | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Exactly | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| smart cards | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| DSS cracking | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| TV decoder | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Deported ? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Nah, I like the Coast Guard | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
swings and roundabouts | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Black Friday ? | 01/01/70 00:00 |