A Survey on Lightweight Entity Authentication with Strong PUFs

Jeroen Delvaux; Roel Peeters; Dawu Gu; Ingrid Verbauwhede

Paper 2014/977

A Survey on Lightweight Entity Authentication with Strong PUFs

Jeroen Delvaux, Roel Peeters, Dawu Gu, and Ingrid Verbauwhede

Abstract

Physically unclonable functions (PUFs) exploit the unavoidable manufacturing variations of an integrated circuit (IC). Their input-output behavior serves as a unique IC 'fingerprint'. Therefore, they have been envisioned as an IC authentication mechanism, in particular the subclass of so-called strong PUFs. The protocol proposals are typically accompanied with two PUF promises: lightweight and an increased resistance against physical attacks. In this work, we review nineteen proposals in chronological order: from the original strong PUF proposal (2001) to the more complicated noise bifurcation and system of PUFs proposals (2014). The assessment is aided by a unied notation and a transparent framework of PUF protocol requirements.

Note: This work comprehends a sequel on our prior CHES 2014 manuscript.

Metadata

Available format(s): PDF
Publication info: Published elsewhere. ACM Computing Surveys
Keywords: physically unclonable function entity authentication lightweight
Contact author(s): jeroen delvaux @ esat kuleuven be
History: 2015-08-03: last of 2 revisions; 2014-12-01: received; See all versions
Short URL: https://ia.cr/2014/977
License: CC BY

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2014/977,
      author = {Jeroen Delvaux and Roel Peeters and Dawu Gu and Ingrid Verbauwhede},
      title = {A Survey on Lightweight Entity Authentication with Strong {PUFs}},
      howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2014/977},
      year = {2014},
      url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2014/977}
}