Visible to the public Partially Reconfigurable IP Protection System with Ring Oscillator Based Physically Unclonable Functions

TitlePartially Reconfigurable IP Protection System with Ring Oscillator Based Physically Unclonable Functions
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2017
AuthorsAbtioglu, E., Yeniçeri, R., Gövem, B., Göncü, E., Yalçin, M. E., Saldamli, G.
Conference Name2017 New Generation of CAS (NGCAS)
Date Publishedsep
ISBN Number978-1-5090-6447-2
Keywordsauthentication, bitstream ciphering, Collaboration, composability, cryptography, electronics market, Encryption, field programmable gate arrays, Field-Programmable Gate Arrays, FPGAs, hardware security, industrial property, intellectual properties, ip protection, IP security solution, key generation, key transfer problem, Labeling, Oscillators, Partial Reconfiguration, partially reconfigurable IP protection system, physical unclonable functions, physically unclonable functions, policy, policy-based governance, proM, pubcrawl, Resiliency, Ring Oscillator, Ring oscillators
Abstract

The size of counterfeiting activities is increasing day by day. These activities are encountered especially in electronics market. In this paper, a countermeasure against counterfeiting on intellectual properties (IP) on Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) is proposed. FPGA vendors provide bitstream ciphering as an IP security solution such as battery-backed or non-volatile FPGAs. However, these solutions are secure as long as they can keep decryption key away from third parties. Key storage and key transfer over unsecure channels expose risks for these solutions. In this work, physical unclonable functions (PUFs) have been used for key generation. Generating a key from a circuit in the device solves key transfer problem. Proposed system goes through different phases when it operates. Therefore, partial reconfiguration feature of FPGAs is essential for feasibility of proposed system.

URLhttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8052270
DOI10.1109/NGCAS.2017.66
Citation Keyabtioglu_partially_2017