Micron Technology Incorporated

Intel Corporation

Hemaprabhu Jayanna

Robert W Strong

Ashok Sunder Rajan

Rakesh Dodeja

Kevin W Bross

Robert J Hunter

William J Tiso

David A De Vries

Alex deVries

Several embodiments of memory devices and systems with command and control access are described herein. In one embodiment, a memory device includes a controller having a processor and a memory component operably coupled to the processor. The controller is configured to receive at least one command and control (C) packet from a remote computer associated with a device vendor. The Cpacket includes a request for the controller to perform a restricted command, and a vendor signature. The memory component stores instructions executable by the processor to determine if the vendor signature is valid and to direct the controller to perform the restricted command if the vendor signature is determined to be valid.

Solid state storage device with command and control access

An embodiment of the invention allows a network access server to control network access for individual applications that run on a device. The device may be included in a machine-to-machine environment. The embodiment may provide a secure channel between the network access server and the device access layer and another secure channel between the device access layer and the device application layer. Thus, before applications are allowed to access the network those applications may be required to authenticate themselves via a secure channel. Other embodiments are described herein.

Secure machine to machine communication

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Folsom, CA, United States of America

Hemaprabhu Jayanna