Gemalto Sa

Cedric Cardonnel

Philippe Proust

Pascal Guterman

Laurent Sustek

Pascal Moitrel

Mireille Pauliac

A method of protecting a telecommunication terminal having a chip-card-type personal component which is required for telecommunication network access. The terminal includes a processing unit, at least one operating memory element containing the information necessary to the operation of the terminal, i.e. a terminal operating program, and the data necessary to the program. The method involves: a) encrypting the contents of the operating memory element of the telecommunication terminal using a pre-determined key K which is necessary for decryption; and b) allowing the terminal to commence decryption once the terminal has been started with a start-up program that is saved in a secure memory element and once the key for decryption has been calculated by same.

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Carnoux en Provence, France

Cedric Cardonnel