Security analysis of image-based PUFs for anti-counterfeiting

  • Authors:
  • Saloomeh Shariati;François Koeune;François-Xavier Standaert

  • Affiliations:
  • ICTEAM Institute, Electrical Engineering Department, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium;ICTEAM Institute, Electrical Engineering Department, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium;ICTEAM Institute, Electrical Engineering Department, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

  • Venue:
  • CMS'12 Proceedings of the 13th IFIP TC 6/TC 11 international conference on Communications and Multimedia Security
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

Physically Unclonable Functions are a promising tool to protect against counterfeiting attacks. Yet, as with any security system, it is important to embed them in a sound protocol, ensuring that no unexpected weakness is present in the "mortar" binding the components together. This paper proposes an anti-counterfeiting protocol that provably reduces to natural properties of its underlying components, namely an image-based Physical Function System bearing physical unclonability and an existentially unforgeable signature scheme. Experiments confirm the practical feasibility of our construction.