Abstract: A method for accessing functions of an embedded device, for example a controller programmable from memory, wherein function blocks of the embedded device are assigned to at least two hierarchically superimposed levels, an access to a function block of the embedded device occurs from outside of the embedded device by a data interface, and for access an authentication must occur for the level to which the respective function block is assigned, and again for each individual level above the level to which the function block is assigned, to permit execution of a function of the function block, wherein the functions of the function blocks permit access to a firmware of the embedded device.

Abstract: A method for accessing functions of an embedded device, for example a controller programmable from memory, wherein function blocks of the embedded device are assigned to at least two hierarchically superimposed levels, an access to a function block of the embedded device occurs from outside of the embedded device by a data interface, and for access an authentication must occur for the level to which the respective function block is assigned, and again for each individual level above the level to which the function block is assigned, to permit execution of a function of the function block, wherein the functions of the function blocks permit access to a firmware of the embedded device.

Abstract: A damper mounting, particularly for use in a motor vehicle, for receiving a first end of a damper which in the axial direction damps the movements of a member, such as a wheel carrier, fixed to the other or second end of the damper. The damper mounting includes a mounting housing which can be fixed to a structure, such as the bodywork of a motor vehicle, a mounting core which is arranged in the mounting housing and to which the first end of the damper can be fixed, and one or more individual elastomer elements which are arranged between the mounting core and the inside wall of the mounting housing and co-operatively hold the mounting core in position relative to the mounting housing.