CPC H04L 9/088 (2013.01) | 19 Claims |
1. A method for key management in a field-programmable integrated part of an integrated circuit, the method comprising:
loading a hardware configuration for the field-programmable integrated part into the field-programmable integrated part, wherein the hardware configuration comprises a key derivation functionality; and
deriving, by operation of the hardware configuration in the field-programmable integrated part using the key derivation functionality, a cryptographic key based on information provided in the field-programmable integrated part,
wherein the information in the field-programmable integrated part comprises a fingerprint of a bitstream of the hardware configuration.
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