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Arc3D: A 3D Obfuscation Architecture

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High Performance Embedded Architectures and Compilers (HiPEAC 2005)

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In DRM domain, the adversary has complete control of the computing node – supervisory privileges along with full physical as well as architectural object observational capabilities. Thus robust obfuscation is impossible to achieve with the existing software only solutions. In this paper, we develop architecture level support for obfuscation with the help of well known cryptographic methods. The three protected dimensions of this architecture Arc3D are address sequencing, contents associated with an address, and the temporal reuse of address sequences such as loops. Such an obfuscation makes the detection of good tampering points infinitesimally likely providing tamper resistance. With the use of already known software distribution model of ABYSS and XOM, we can also ensure copy protection. This results in a complete DRM architecture to provide both copy protection and IP protection.

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  1. Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA

    Mahadevan Gomathisankaran & Akhilesh Tyagi

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  1. NC State University, USA

    Tom Conte

  2. UPC, Spain

    Nacho Navarro

  3. Center for Reliable and High-Performance Computing and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,  

    Wen-mei W. Hwu

  4. Barcelona Supercomputing Center-CNS, Spain

    Mateo Valero

  5. Department of Computer Science, University of Augsburg, 86135, Augsburg, Germany

    Theo Ungerer

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Gomathisankaran, M., Tyagi, A. (2005). Arc3D: A 3D Obfuscation Architecture. In: Conte, T., Navarro, N., Hwu, Wm.W., Valero, M., Ungerer, T. (eds) High Performance Embedded Architectures and Compilers. HiPEAC 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3793. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11587514_13

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