SHF: Small: Hardware-Level Security to Side-Channel Analysis Attacks

SHF：小型：针对侧通道分析攻击的硬件级安全性

• 批准号: 1816069
• 负责人: Marios Papaefthymiou
• 金额: $ 45万
• 依托单位: University of California-Irvine
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1816069&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SHF; Small; Hardware; Level; Security

Computers are inherently vulnerable to so-called side-channel security attacks that correlate their operating characteristics (e.g., power consumption) with secret information stored in them (e.g., cryptographic keys). Previous approaches aimed at addressing this vulnerability are hampered by prohibitively-high power, area, and performance overheads. This research project explores technologies for designing secure computers, using technologies that have the potential to yield computing devices that are significantly more secure than conventional computing hardware with little-or-no sacrifice in performance, area, and energy efficiency. This research effort also includes the development of projects for advanced undergraduate-level design courses, and the engagement of high-school students through a variety of outreach programs.This project will explore novel hardware design technologies that are inherently resistant to side-channel attacks while achieving performance, area, and power levels that compare favorably with mainstream design technologies. Specifically, it will explore circuit topologies that recycle the energy used for their operation, yielding superior energy efficiency and a flat power consumption profile that is immune to side-channel attacks. It will also explore pipeline architectures with area-efficient logic families and a flat power consumption profile that can resist side-channel attacks. The proposed technologies will be evaluated through the design, fabrication, and experimental evaluation of silicon prototypes.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

计算机本质上容易受到所谓的侧渠安全攻击，这些侧道安全攻击将其操作特性（例如功耗）与存储在其中的秘密信息（例如密码键）相关联。 旨在解决这种脆弱性的先前方法受到高功率，区域和性能开销的阻碍。该研究项目探索了设计安全计算机的技术，该技术使用具有比传统计算硬件更安全的计算设备的技术，而在性能，区域和能源效率方面却很少牺牲。 这项研究工作还包括开发高级本科级设计课程的项目，以及通过各种外展计划的高中生的参与度。该项目将探索新颖的硬件设计技术，这些技术可以固有地抗侧渠道攻击，同时实现绩效，区域和功率水平，与主流设计技术相似。 具体而言，它将探索回收用于操作的能量的电路拓扑，从而产生卓越的能源效率和不受侧向通道攻击的平坦功耗概况。 它还将探索具有面积高的逻辑系列的管道体系结构和可以抵抗侧向通道攻击的平坦功耗概况。 拟议的技术将通过硅原型的设计，制造和实验评估进行评估。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准，认为值得通过评估来获得支持。