Andrew Warren wrote: > > Gerhard Fiedler wrote: > > > Erasing the [Code Protect] bit after (or even together with) all > > the program data doesn't seem like stealing code... > > Right, Gerhard... But how would you ensure that the bit gets > erased AFTER the program data? > > -Andy Store the code protection bit in more than one location on the die. Say twenty or thirty locations, then to make 100% certain, an opaque layer covering the whole die, with semiopaque sections above the interspersed code protection locations. The code protection should be configured so that all the locations must be erased before allowing code access Peter Cousens email: peter@cousens.her.forthnet.gr snailmail: Peter Cousens, karteros, Heraklion, Crete, 75100, Greece, phone: + 3081 380534, +3081 324450 voice/fax After Bill Gates announced to the world that he was Microsoft, his wife was asked to comment. She said that as his wife, she had been the first to notice this problem