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LCR
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6 years ago

IEEE 1735 Encryption Public Key

Hello, I would like to have an encrypting public key to encrypt HDL code with a third party tool, for Quartus Prime. In case this was possible, which will be the scope and the lifetime of such key?...
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KhaiChein_Y_Intel
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6 years ago

Hi @LCR​,

The key will not expire with that version of the Intel Quartus Prime software. It is possible that the key will be updated in a future release of the Intel Quartus Prime software. If this happens, the older key will not work in the newer version of the software. Besides that, the key can be used by academic and customers. Note: there is a disclaimer that we do not guarantee the security of the encryption as there are known flaws in the IEEE spec.

No. The Intel Quartus Prime Standard edition software cannot process the encrypted HDL files.

Thanks.