2009-10-06 05:18:38 ELF encryption.
Ariv S (UNITED STATES)
Message: 80892
I'm looking for ELF encryption utility to encrypt my application binary(which i'm going to keep it flash FS).Is there any such utility available?
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2009-10-06 05:23:54 Re: ELF encryption.
Mike Frysinger (UNITED STATES)
Message: 80893
no
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2009-10-06 09:27:26 Re: ELF encryption.
Robin Getz (UNITED STATES)
Message: 80896
Ariv:
If you can describe what you actually want to protect - you might get a better answer.
-Robin
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2009-10-07 06:31:52 Re: ELF encryption.
Ariv S (UNITED STATES)
Message: 80948
Robin,
Thing is i'm going to keep my appliaction binary(executable) in flash file system to save SDRAM space.Since flash is persistent storage, to avoid hacker attacks i need to secure my application binary through some encryption mechanism.
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2009-10-07 06:52:21 Re: ELF encryption.
Martin Strubel (SWITZERLAND)
Message: 80949
Hi Ariv,
no matter how hard you try, there's no point in encrypting binaries in uClinux, unless you lock the user out completely using the Lockbox mechanisms of the BF52x and BF54x units. If you just want to make it difficult for someone from reading out the flash with external tools, you'd need to use a crypto bootloader that hides well where it stores the key. Even then, it is possible to crack this without JTAG for those who try hard enough. Lockbox is way harder to crack, if you want to get at the OTP, you'll need some good equipment to be able to look on the silicon.
Cheers,
- Strubi