Methods and apparatus are disclosed for verifying the integrity of an index or result produced by a content-addressable or associated memory or other device. A pre-computed data protection field is stored, either as part of a returned index of a content-addressable memory or in a separate storage. In...http://www.google.de/patents/US7260673?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7260673 - Method and apparatus for verifying the integrity of a content-addressable memory result