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  1.   Trademarks
  2. 1Implementation
    1. 1.1 Flash Boot Loader Project
      1. 1.1.1 Changes to the Example Project boot_serial
        1. 1.1.1.1 Changes to bl_config.h
        2. 1.1.1.2 New Functions Added
          1. 1.1.1.2.1 MyCheckUpdateFunc
          2. 1.1.1.2.2 MyReinitFunc
          3. 1.1.1.2.3 MyEndFunc
          4. 1.1.1.2.4 MyDecryptionFunc
    2. 1.2 Image Creation Project
    3. 1.3 Key Image Project
    4. 1.4 EK-TM4C129EXL Example Application Project
    5. 1.5 DK-TM4C129X Example Application Project
    6. 1.6 RAM-Based EEPROM Erase Project
  3. 2Example Walk Through
    1. 2.1 Build Environment
    2. 2.2 Importing the Examples into Code Composer Studio
    3. 2.3 Setting Keys and Variables
      1. 2.3.1 Keys
      2. 2.3.2 Initialization Vector
      3. 2.3.3 Application Start Address and Flash Size
        1. 2.3.3.1 APP_BASE
        2. 2.3.3.2 APP_END
        3. 2.3.3.3 RAM_BASE
    4. 2.4 Running the shared_key_image_encrypt Tool
    5. 2.5 Running the Shared Key Serial Boot Loader
      1. 2.5.1 Programming the Boot Loader
        1. 2.5.1.1 Erasing Existing Code and Keys
          1. 2.5.1.1.1 Erasing Flash and EEPROM With Code Composer Studio
          2. 2.5.1.1.2 Erasing Flash and EEPROM by Using the Unlock Procedure
        2. 2.5.1.2 Using the ROM Boot Loader to Program the Shared Key Boot Loader
      2. 2.5.2 Using the Shared Key Boot Loader to Program the Application Code
    6. 2.6 Returning to the Boot Loader
  4. 3Summary

2.3.3.2 APP_END

APP_END is the address of the first byte beyond the flash memory available to the application. The AEC-CBCMAC authentication signature is stored in the 16 bytes before APP_END. The default value for devices with 1MB of flash is 0x100000. For devices with 512KB of flash the default value is 0x80000.

The user may choose to use a smaller size flash to reduce the time to download a new image. If so, the value for APP_END must be multiple of the sector size, 0x4000. The same value must be used for APP_END in the boot loader and in the tool that creates the encrypted image. The size of usable flash for the application cannot be changed once the boot loader is programmed into the device. Make sure to leave enough unused space in the flash to support future application program growth.

The reason a fixed size image is loaded each time is that one attack for AES-CBC encoded data is to extend the length with malicious code. Using a fixed length of data foils that attack method.