摘要 |
The present invention refers to a method and apparatus, in which changes to relevant data are made easily recognizable. The data is stored in the same sector of a flash memory as a program which is used for the start-up or operation of a device. Due to the characteristics of flash memory the complete sector including the program is deleted when deleting the relevant data, by which the device is no longer operable and a malfunction and damage can be avoided. Furthermore, a bitwise inverted form of the data is stored in the flash memory, and it is inspected whether the original and the inverted form of the data coincide. A change to the data, which is not recognizable by the inspection, requires the deletion of the sector, thereby also deleting the program and thus the device is no longer operable.
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