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We propose the use of systematic nonlinear error detection codes to secure the next-state logic of finite state machines (FSMs). We consider attacks under an adversarial model which assumes an advanced attacker with high temporal and spatial fault injection capability. Due to the non-uniform characteristics of FSMs, simple application of the systematic non-linear codes will not provide sufficient protection. As a solution to this problem, we use randomized masking. Furthermore, we show that our proposal detects injected faults with probability exponentially close to 1.
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. CNS-0831416.
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Akdemir, K.D., Hammouri, G., Sunar, B. (2009). Non-linear Error Detection for Finite State Machines. In: Youm, H.Y., Yung, M. (eds) Information Security Applications. WISA 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5932. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10838-9_17
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