| ??? 04/06/07 14:37 Read: times |
#136750 - Reading protected code Responding to: ???'s previous message |
While I have seen many legitimate reasons for "deassembling" FPGAs, it is hard to thing of a "good" reason to unlock a code locked uP.
The only one I can think of is checking a competitor’s part to see if they have stolen your code, as a prelude to a lawsuit. The verbiage about the product being “for educational purposes only” is a give away for their real intent. As a side note, in our reverse engineering of the 89C668, we discovered multiple security holes in the IAP / ISP routines. We fixed them in our product, but I don't plan on publishing the details. I'll eventually get around to notifying NXP, if I ever figure out who to notify. "There but for the grace of God go I..." |
| Topic | Author | Date |
| just brilliant | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| I see such quite often | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Reading protected code | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| are you sure? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| 100% sure | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| in some cases -yes | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| What is that? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| I have 'disassembled' | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
To make sure | 01/01/70 00:00 |