The Anti-Piracy Measure Using Encryption of Embedded Products May Mitigate the Security Strength

Zhilong Xiong, Rui Zhang, Xin Zhan, Zhenglin Liu

School of Optical and Electronic, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.

DOI: 10.4236/cn.2013.53B2079                

Abstract

In this paper, firstly we describe the piracy problem of embedded products. Then we formulate the security features of anti-piracy embedded products. Finally we prove that the anti-piracy measure using encryption of embedded products may mitigate the security strength.

Keywords

Embedded Products; Anti-Piracy; Encryption; Security Strength; Copyright

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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