A data processing structure comprising a plurality of processors ad a data bus for a data communication with a serial data structure. The plurality of processors can be respectively coupled in parallel to the data bus, and a data communication via the data bus with one of the processors, preferably a programming of the processor, is authorized for the same, but is blocked for all of the other processors.
A local network comprises at least one master and a plurality of slaves which can be controlled by the master via a data bus, with at least one slave being arranged in an unprotected region and at least one slave being arranged in n protected region. In this connection, data originating from a respective slave in the unprotected region can admittedly be transmitted via the data bus to the master, but not to any slave in the unprotected region.