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A Low-Cost Solution for Protecting IPs Against Scan-Based Side-Channel Attacks
Berkeley, California April 30-May 04
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/VTS.2006.724th IEEE VLSI Test Symposium
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Jeremy Lee, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Mohammad Tehranipoor, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Jim Plusquellic, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Scan designs used for testing also provide an easily accessible port for hacking. In this paper, we present a new lowcost secure scan design that is effective against scan-based sidechannel attacks. By integrating a test key into test vectors that are scanned into the chip, testing and accessing scan chains are guaranteed to be allowed only by an authorized user. Any attempt to use the scan chain without a verified test vector will result in a randomized output preventing potential side-channel attacks. The proposed technique has a negligible area overhead, has no negative impact on chip performance, and places several levels of security over the scan chain protecting it from potential attacks.
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Jeremy Lee, Mohammad Tehranipoor, Jim Plusquellic, "A Low-Cost Solution for Protecting IPs Against Scan-Based Side-Channel Attacks," vts, pp.94-99, 24th IEEE VLSI Test Symposium, 2006
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