Abstract:
A device for processing bit strings of a program flow including a data memory and an interface that is designed to output a second bit string, and a bit string manipulator that is designed to analyze the first bit string at a predetermined bit string section for information that indicates a target state of the program flow, and to manipulate the first bit string in the bit string section to obtain the second bit string.
Abstract:
A device for processing bit strings of a program flow including a data memory and an interface that is designed to output a second bit string, and a bit string manipulator that is designed to analyze the first bit string at a predetermined bit string section for information that indicates a target state of the program flow, and to manipulate the first bit string in the bit string section to obtain the second bit string.
Abstract:
An apparatus for encrypting an input memory address to obtain an encrypted memory address comprises an input interface for receiving the input memory address being an address of a memory. Moreover, the apparatus comprises an encryption module for encrypting the input memory address depending on a cryptographic key to obtain the encrypted memory address. The encryption module is configured to encrypt the input memory address by applying a map mapping the input memory address to the encrypted memory address, wherein the encryption module is configured to apply the map by conducting a multiplication and a modulo operation using the cryptographic key and a divisor of the modulo operation, such that the map is bijective.
Abstract:
An apparatus for encrypting an input memory address to obtain an encrypted memory address is provided. The apparatus comprises an input interface for receiving the input memory address being an address of a memory. Moreover, the apparatus comprises an encryption module for encrypting the input memory address depending on a cryptographic key to obtain the encrypted memory address. The encryption module is configured to encrypt the input memory address by applying a map mapping the input memory address to the encrypted memory address, wherein the encryption module is configured to apply the map by conducting a multiplication and a modulo operation using the cryptographic key and a divisor of the modulo operation, such that the map is bijective.
Abstract:
According to one embodiment, a physical uncloneable function circuit for providing a protected output bit is described including at least one physical uncloneable function circuit element configured to output a bit of a physical uncloneable function value, a physical uncloneable function bit output terminal and a coupling circuit connected between the physical uncloneable function circuit element and the physical uncloneable function bit output terminal configured to receive a control signal, supply the bit to the physical uncloneable function bit output terminal for a first state of the control signal and supply the complement of the bit to the physical uncloneable function bit output terminal for a second state of the control signal.
Abstract:
An integrated circuit has one or more logic gates and a control circuit. The control circuit has one or more control elements coupled to the logic gates. The control circuit controls the states of the one or more logic gates.
Abstract:
A computational system is configured to protect against integrity violation. The computational system includes a processing unit and a critical resource, the critical resource being controllable by the processing unit so as to be locked or unlocked. The critical resource is configured to intermittently transmit a polling value to the processing unit, and the processing unit is configured to apply a transformation onto the polling value so as to obtain a response value and send the response value back to the critical resource. The critical resource is configured to check the response value on correctness so as to obtain a check result, and subject the controllability to a dependency on the check result.
Abstract:
A processing arrangement having a first processing component and a second processing component is provided. The first component has a first output memory and a second output memory and a control device using the first memory storing a value to be output and the second memory stores a value that is based according to a prescribed function on the value. The control device stores a new value in the first memory whenever the second component has read a value stored in the first memory. The second component has a reading device reading the values stored in the first and second memories, and a processing device that checks whether the value read from the second memory is based according to the prescribed function on the value read from the first memory and, depending on the result, to process the value read from the first memory.
Abstract:
A key-generating apparatus is provided for generating a session key which is known to a first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus, for the first communication apparatus, from secret information which may be determined by the first and second communication apparatuses. The key-generating apparatus includes a first module operable to calculate the session key using a concatenation of at least a part of a random number and a part of the secret information, and a second module operable to use the session key for communication with the second communication apparatus.
Abstract:
A method for reconstructing a physically uncloneable function (PUF) A for use in an electronic device is provided. The method includes generating a potentially erroneous PUF At and performing a preliminary correction of the potentially erroneous PUF At by means of a stored correction vector Deltat-1, to obtain a preliminarily corrected PUF Bt. The PUF A is reconstructed from the preliminarily corrected PUF Bt by means of an error correction algorithm. A corresponding apparatus is also provided.