Storage device including only owner-writable boot area
AssigneeSecurityplatform
InventorsKyung Mo KIM, Yong Kwan PARK
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Abstract
A storage device including an only owner-writable boot area includes: a controller controlling reading and writing; a first flash memory for storing a boot file; and a second flash memory for storing data other than the boot file and the controller includes a security unit for storing a public key of an owner, a reader unit for reading the data recorded in the first flash memory and the second flash memory, a first recording unit for recording only a boot file verified by the public key stored in the security unit in the first flash memory, and a second recording unit for recording the data in the second flash memory.
Claims4
A storage device with a boot function, which includes an only owner-writable boot area, comprising:
- a controller controlling reading and writing;
- a first flash memory for storing a boot file;
- and
- a second flash memory for storing data other than the boot file,
- wherein the controller includes a security unit for storing a public key of an owner,
- a reader unit for reading the data recorded in the first flash memory and the second flash memory,
- a first recording unit for recording only a boot file verified by the public key stored in the security unit in the first flash memory, and
- a second recording unit for recording the data in the second flash memory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.