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BHARKS: Built-in Hardware Authentication using Random Key Sequence

Publication Type : Conference Proceedings

Publisher : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

Source : 4th IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing, Computing and Control, ISPCC 2017, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., Volume 2017-January, p.200-204 (2018)

Url : https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85045835887&doi=10.1109%2fISPCC.2017.8269675&partnerID=40&md5=b05c3ab6e8835aba3710a4c380216571

Keywords : Bit sequences, Built-in-hardware, Computation theory, Hardware, hardware security, Network security, Number theory, PRNG, Pseudo random number generators, Random number generation, Reverse engineering, Reverse engineering process, Signal processing, Signature generation, Specific information, TrustedHardware

Campus : Coimbatore

School : School of Engineering

Department : Electronics and Communication

Year : 2018

Abstract : In today's world, as the demand for IC production grows exponentially, testing and validation of all the manufactured chips becomes impossible. Therefore, in the proposed method, we have developed a technique for embedding unique signatures with minimalistic hardware or area overhead while preserving the intended functionality. To achieve this, three 'levels' of security are provided. First, circuit specific information is derived and used for signature generation. Second, the generated signature is hashed, obfuscating the logic reverse engineering process and finally a bit sequence from a Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) to make it unfeasibly difficult for the attacker to decode the signature

Cite this Research Publication : D. M. Reddy, Akshay, K. P., Giridhar, R., Karan, S. D., and N Mohankumar, “BHARKS: Built-in Hardware Authentication using Random Key Sequence”, 4th IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing, Computing and Control, ISPCC 2017, vol. 2017-January. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 200-204, 2018.

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