
Secure Computing on Reconfigurable Systems
Improving Performance and Reliability of Dynamic Reconfigurable Systems
Ricardo Chaves(Author)
LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Published on 19. June 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
212 pages
978-3-8383-6232-8 (ISBN)
Description
This work discusses a Secure Computing Module (SCM) for reconfigurable computing systems. Secure Computing (SC) provides a protected and reliable computational environment, where data security and protection against malicious attacks to the system is assured. SC is strongly based on encryption algorithms and on the attestation of the executed functions. The use of SC on reconfigurable devices has the advantage of being highly adaptable to the application and the user requirements, while providing high performances. Moreover, it is adaptable to new algorithms, protocols, and threats. In work, high performance cryptographic units for symmetric encryption and hash functions are presented in order to achieve a high performance SCM. A method to attest dynamically reconfigured hardware structures is also proposed, without penalizing the performance of the SCM. The presented attestation mechanism allows the configuration bitstreams to be stored in unsecured locations, such as on an external memory or the internet, without posing a security threat. Overall, this dissertation demonstrates the applicability and identifies the main advantages of implementing SC on reconfigurable systems.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Germany
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
334 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-8383-6232-8 (9783838362328)
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Ricardo Chaves received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the TUDelft and TULisbon in 2007. He is currently an Assistant Professor with the Department of Computer Science, TULisbon, and a Researcher at INESC-ID. His research interests include cryptography, reconfigurable computing, and computer arithmetic.