• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.240-253
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• 2012

In this paper we propose a protection mechanism for the debug port. While debug ports are useful tools for embedded device development and maintenance, they can also become potential attack tools for device hacking in case their usage is permitted to hackers with malicious intentions. The proposed approach prevents illicit use of debug ports by controlling access through user authentication, where the device generates and issues authentication token only to the server-authenticated users. An authentication token includes user access information which represents the user's permitted level of access and the maximum number of authentications allowed using the token. The device authenticates the user with the token and grants limited access based on the user's access level. The proposed approach improves the degree of overall security by removing the need to expose the device's secret key. Availability is also enhanced by not requiring server connection after the initial token generation and further by supporting flexible token transfer among predefined device groups. Low implementation cost is another benefit of the proposed approach, enabling it to be adopted to a wide range of environments in demand of debug port protection.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.107-115
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• 2012

This study incorporates welders and generators needed to use it and welder generators to be used as is to configure the system. Thus in order to propose an integrated system to prevent the rapid charging process to manage the power state information, system configuration is the most important. Therefore, the battery charging output port, the main input and output control ports, the generator control port, a warning alarm buzzer, UI switch input, EXT power output, check the battery status input, battery charge and discharge current, UI input control switch, generator status, the main power input and output, the output voltage, EXT warning output, DEBUG communication, UI display unit, an external input ADC units with a focus on generator control system was implemented.