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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2004
Filed:
May. 19, 1999
Frank L. Laczko, Sr., Allen, TX (US);
Edward Ferguson, Plano, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
The method of secure computing concerns the security of a debugger/emulator tool commonly employed in program development. A private encryption key is used to encrypt at least verification token for the program. A public decryption key corresponding to the private encryption key is stored at the secure computing system. Upon each initialization of the debugger/emulator the secure computer system decrypts the verification token employing public decryption key. This indicates whether the program is secure or nonsecure. If the program is secure, then the debugger/emulator is operated in a process mode permitting access to the program while prohibiting access to at least one security feature. If the program is nonsecure, then the debugger/emulator is operated in a raw mode permitting access to all features of the secure computing system.