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Ensuring IoT Security
Root-of-trust (RoT) technology is a requirement for securing connected devices, their data, and, by extension, the entire infrastructure with which they communicate. But, RoT technology shouldn’t be limited to hardware design, confining Internet of Things (IoT) developers to functions programmed at manufacture. The Synopsys Software-based PUF IP - 300 solution democratizes RoT technology by uncoupling it from silicon fabrication, ensuring IoT application developers can access, understand, and implement it at scale.
Synopsys Software-based PUF IP - 300 is a secure key generation and management solution for any IoT device. Synopsys Software-based PUF solution is the only hardware entropy source currently available that doesn’t have to be loaded at silicon fabrication. It streamlines IoT OEM and ODM security efforts by creating unique, internally generated device keys and identities derived from the inherent randomness of SRAM PUFs.
The Synopsys Software-based PUF - 300 API enables IoT developers to generate cryptographic keys securely and to perform other symmetric key and elliptic curve cryptographic functions. It can also be integrated as a trust anchor for Mbed TLS, OpenSSL, wolfSSL, and other libraries, extending the chain of trust beyond just a single device.
Features
- Secure key generation and management
- Uses standard SRAM as a PUF to create an unclonable identity for any device
- Offers key provisioning, secure key storage, symmetric key and elliptic curve cryptography
- Root keys are never stored, but re-created from the PUF each time they are needed
- Keys are bound to the device and can only be recreated and accessed on the device on which they have been created
Benefits
- A trust anchor that can be installed later in the supply chain or even remotely retrofitted on deployed devices
- No need for additional or modified silicon
- Works on all MCUs, CPUs, offering the best combination of security, flexibility, and cost
- Offers stronger authentication and higher security than traditional key storage in NVM
- Seamlessly integrates with other crypto such as Mbed TLS, wolfSSL, and OpenSSL
- Synopsys Software-based PUFs are post-quantum secure
Unclonable Identities for the IoT
Every device needs an unclonable identity to solve security problems in IoT systems, such as authentication, product lifecycle management, reverse engineering, and cloning. This consists of a secret key, a public key, and a certificate. The biggest challenge is to get these credentials into the device and keep the secret key secret. This can be achieved by using Synopsys Software-based PUF IP - 300. Synopsys Software-based PUF - 300 offers the strongest protection of the device secret key and the strongest authentication via unclonable identities.
Security Based on SRAM PUF
Using SRAM PUF technology, keys are regenerated when needed and never present in persistent memory – not even when the chip is powered down – which significantly raises the security and eliminates the need for OTP or secure memory.
Synopsys Software-based PUF IP - 300 offers random values generated by a NIST 800-90A/B-compliant random number generator and a collision-free unique device identity (UID). It also offers functions to wrap and manage secret keys and data, which can be stored in unprotected memory or securely transmitted over the network. In addition, Synopsys Software-based PUF IP - 300 offers public key crypto functions such as ECDSA sign and verify and ECDH shared secret. PKI elements such as certificate signing requests (CSR) are optional. All Synopsys Software-based PUF features are accessed by the host software via the API.
Operating Ranges
SRAM PUF responses have been qualified for use with the Synopsys Software-based PUF IP products in a wide range of operational environments over years of field operation:
- All major fabs from 0.35 μm to 5 nm
- Temperature range from -55°C to 150°C [-67°F to 300°F]
- Voltage supply variation +/- 20%
- Lifetime > 25 years
Deliverables
- Target-specific library (C-code)
- Datasheet
- API reference manual
- Code examples (e.g. of integration with Mbed TLS, OpenSSL, wolfSSL)
- NIST documentation
- Application notes
Configurations
The Synopsys Software-based PUF IP - 300 product is available in off-the-shelf configurations with sizes ranging between 16 kB and 29 kB. Configurations differ according to functionality, performance, and compliance.
| Specifications | Synopsys Software-based PUF - 300 |
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| Security strength (bits) | 128 / 256 |
| SRAM PUF (kB) | 0.7 / 1.0 |
| Code size (kB) | 16 - 29 |
| SRAM anti-aging | ✓ |
| Generate device-unique keys | ✓ |
| Generate UID and random values | ✓ |
| Wrap and unwrap application keys | ✓ |
| Streaming AES, Hash, MAC | ✓ |
| Public key crypto functions* | ✓ |
| PKI elements** | (✓) |
| NIST CAVP certification (DRBG, AES, KDF, HMAC, SHA-2, ECC) | ✓ |
| NIST SP 800-90A compliant DRBG | ✓ |
| NIST SP 800-90B compliant entropy source for RNG (adds about 3kB of SRAM) | (✓) |
| FIPS 140-3 ready | (✓) |
* Includes ECDSA sign and verify, ECDH shared secret, standard elliptic-curve support set: P256, P384, P521
** Elliptic curve integrated encryption scheme (ECIES), certificate signing request (CSR), self-signed certificates (SSC)
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