VOLtA: Voltage over-scaling based lightweight authentication for IoT applications

Arafin, Tanvir; Gao, Mingze; Qu, Gang

doi:10.1109/aspdac.2017.7858345

Cited by 33 publications

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“…Non-linear APUFs based on Voltage Transfer Characteristics (VTC) [11] and current mirrors [19] have been proposed specifically to thwart such modeling attacks. Software and protocols-based solutions [20,21] have also relatively improved the resistance to ML attack. However, most of these designs have been proven to be vulnerable to advanced and well controlled ML attacks [22].…”

Section: Modeling Attack-resistant Puf Designsmentioning

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Lightweight Modeling Attack-Resistant Multiplexer-Based Multi-PUF (MMPUF) Design on FPGA

Cui

Qing

et al. 2020

Electronics

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Physical unclonable function (PUF) is a primary hardware security primitive that is suitable for lightweight applications. However, it is found to be vulnerable to modeling attacks using machine learning algorithms. In this paper, multiplexer (MUX)-based Multi-PUF (MMPUF) design is proposed to thwart modeling attacks. The proposed design uses a weak PUF to obfuscate the challenge of a strong PUF. A mathematical model of the proposed design is presented and analyzed. The three most widely used modeling attack techniques are used to evaluate the resistance of the proposed design. Experimental results show that the proposed MMPUF design is more resistant to the machine learning attack than the previously proposed XOR-based Multi-PUF (XMPUF) design. For a large sample size, the prediction rate of the proposed MMPUF is less than the conventional Arbiter PUF (APUF). Compared with existing attack-resistant PUF designs, the proposed MMPUF design demonstrates high resistance. To verify the proposed design, a hardware implementation on Xilinx 7 Series FPGAs is presented. The hardware experimental results show that the proposed MMPUF designs present good results of uniqueness and reliability.

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Section: Modeling Attack-resistant Puf Designsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Lightweight Modeling Attack-Resistant Multiplexer-Based Multi-PUF (MMPUF) Design on FPGA

Cui

Qing

et al. 2020

Electronics

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“…The LSBs are ignored in approximate computing, but can be used as IP watermarking, digital fingerprinting, or encryption keys. Approximate computing can also be leveraged to implement a lightweight authentication mechanism [20]. The voltage over-scaling (VOS) in [20] lowers the operating voltage to cause a timing error, which contains information of the process variation.…”

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“…Approximate computing can also be leveraged to implement a lightweight authentication mechanism [20]. The voltage over-scaling (VOS) in [20] lowers the operating voltage to cause a timing error, which contains information of the process variation. This timing error can be profiled to generate a device signature for authentication.…”

Section: Approximate Computingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards Energy-Efficient and Secure Computing Systems

Zhang

2018

JLPEA

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Countermeasures against diverse security threats typically incur noticeable hardware cost and power overhead, which may become the obstacle for those countermeasures to be applicable in energy-efficient computing systems. This work presents a summary of energy-efficiency techniques that have been applied in security primitives or mechanisms to ensure computing systems’ resilience against various security threats on hardware. This work also uses examples to discuss practical methods for securing the hardware for computing systems to achieve energy efficiency.

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“…Another interesting example can be found in Reference [ 44 ], where it is proposed the use of a lightweight cryptography protocol based on XOR Operations. Additionally, it is worth mentioning that some of the latest reviews on lightweight authentication protocols for wearables can be found in Reference [ 32 , 45 , 46 ].…”

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Design and Practical Evaluation of a Family of Lightweight Protocols for Heterogeneous Sensing through BLE Beacons in IoT Telemetry Applications

Rojas

Fernández‐Caramés

Fraga‐Lamas

et al. 2017

Sensors

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The Internet of Things (IoT) involves a wide variety of heterogeneous technologies and resource-constrained devices that interact with each other. Due to such constraints, IoT devices usually require lightweight protocols that optimize the use of resources and energy consumption. Among the different commercial IoT devices, Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)-based beacons, which broadcast periodically certain data packets to notify their presence, have experienced a remarkable growth, specially due to their application in indoor positioning systems. This article proposes a family of protocols named Lightweight Protocol for Sensors (LP4S) that provides fast responses and enables plug-and-play mechanisms that allow IoT telemetry systems to discover new nodes and to describe and auto-register the sensors and actuators connected to a beacon. Thus, three protocols are defined depending on the beacon hardware characteristics: LP4S-6 (for resource-constraint beacons), LP4S-X (for more powerful beacons) and LP4S-J (for beacons able to run complex firmware). In order to demonstrate the capabilities of the designed protocols, the most restrictive (LP4S-6) is tested after implementing it for a telemetry application in a beacon based on Eddystone (Google’s open beacon format). Thus, the beacon specification is extended in order to increase its ability to manage unlimited sensors in a telemetry system without interfering in its normal operation with Eddystone frames. The performed experiments show the feasibility of the proposed solution and its superiority, in terms of latency and energy consumption, with respect to approaches based on Generic Attribute Profile (GATT) when multiple users connect to a mote or in scenarios where latency is not a restriction, but where low-energy consumption is essential.

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VOLtA: Voltage over-scaling based lightweight authentication for IoT applications

Cited by 33 publications

References 8 publications

Lightweight Modeling Attack-Resistant Multiplexer-Based Multi-PUF (MMPUF) Design on FPGA

Lightweight Modeling Attack-Resistant Multiplexer-Based Multi-PUF (MMPUF) Design on FPGA

Towards Energy-Efficient and Secure Computing Systems

Design and Practical Evaluation of a Family of Lightweight Protocols for Heterogeneous Sensing through BLE Beacons in IoT Telemetry Applications

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