Physical Unclonable Function Techniques Applied for Digital Hardware Protection

"Privacy is an important property that is growing harder to keep as people develop new ways to steal information from users on their computers. Software alone cannot ensure privacy since an infected system is untrustworthy. This paper presents several challenges malware brings that can be solved by using an external processor. Techniques such as keystroke encryption and message authentication can be used to protect users from having their passwords and other private data stolen. To take advantage of the external hardware, a physical unclonable function can be used to generate private keys without the need for storing them in memory. In this report, a design of a physical unclonable function is detailed and designed for use on an FPGA. Two different types of hardware design software are briefly discussed for the purpose of choosing the superior tool for creating a PUF on an FPGA."

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (M.S.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Computer Science

Year

2013

Author dc:creator

• Barrera, Anthony

• Keylogger
• PUF
• Security
• Computer Sciences
• Physical Sciences and Mathematics

Repository record dc:identifier

https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cc_etds_theses/189

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:academicworks.cuny.edu:cc_etds_theses-1188