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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2022
Diebold Nixdorf Systems Gmbh, Paderborn, DE;
DIEBOLD NIXDORF SYSTEMS GMBH, Paderborn, DE;
Abstract
According to various embodiments, a forensics module () for an embedded system may comprise: a firewall (); an interface () for communicating with an embedded system (); at least one memory area () secured by means of a firewall () and/or separated from the interface, comprising first data implementing a reference key; one or more than one processor () configured to perform an authentication sequence for a system startup sequence of the embedded system (), wherein the authentication sequence is privileged to penetrate the firewall () and comprises: determining, prior to executing a first stage of the system startup sequence, a first key using a cryptographic process based on: stored first stage second data, and the reference key, and preferably a unique verification key; determining, upon executing the first stage and/or prior to executing a subsequent second stage of the system startup sequence, a second key using the cryptographic process based on: stored second stage third data and the first key.