Secure Computing on Reconfigurable Systems: Improving Performance and Reliability of Dynamic Reconfigurable Systems - Softcover

Chaves, Ricardo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3838362322 ISBN 13: 9783838362328

Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

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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About the Author

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3838362322
• ISBN 13: 9783838362328
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 212