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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
James Martin Lawlis, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (US);
Douglas A. Oliver, Redford, MI (US);
Xin Ye, Westland, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus are disclosed for controller area network message authentication. An example disclosed vehicle includes a data bus and a first control unit communicatively coupled to the data bus. The example first control unit generates a secured message by (a) calculating a message authentication code, (b) truncating the message authentication code, (c) truncating a freshness value used to generate the message authentication code, and (d) placing portions of the truncated message authentication code and the truncated freshness value in separate portions of the secured message.