Selfchecking software tamper resistance mecha nisms employing. Ling liu, advisor college of computing georgia institute of technology sham navathe college of computing georgia i. A study of prescription opioid abusers in a drug rehabilitation program found that 80% tampered with opioid tablets to accelerate drug release by chewing or administering the drug intranasally or intravenously. Software obfuscation on a theoretical basis and its implementation. This property of software is very useful especially. Successful packaged software implementation crc press book. This is a notice of proposed rulemaking by the department of homeland security, specifically by the transportation security administration and the united states coast guard. Merge procedure calls into one call this technique randomly selects multiple. Tamper resistant designs with xilinx virtex6 and 7 series fpgas ref 5 provide a good background on the various security threats and solutions for fpgas. The implementation of the eus falsified medicines directive intends to change this. A generic attack on checksummingbased software tamper resistance. The army will be an integral part of this process and the council in order to conduct effective at validation in support of army program protection plans appendix d. A method of increasing the tamper resistance and obscurity of computer software source code comprising the steps of. Tamper resistant software through multiblock hashing and encryption.
Delayed and controlled failures in tamperresistant. Common software protection systems attempt to detect malicious observation and modification of protected applications. It presents a threat model and design principles for countering a defined subset of the threat. An implementation david aucsmith, ial abstract this paper describes a technology for the construction of tamper resistant software. The second is a new light way digital signature scheme which seems to work well with tamper resistant hardware, but not in software, where it can be broken. Thursday, february 19, holiday inn hotel roanoke airport. In operation, the tamper resistant encoding technique of the invention will work much like a compiler from the users point of view, although the internal operations are very different. Introduction to software engineeringimplementation. A natural gas public utility becomes compliant with the department of transportation dot before the mandated date. Theft of service attacks on service providers satellite tv, electronic meters, access cards, software protection dongles access to information information recovery and extraction. To resolve a merge conflict by choosing the changes from panel 1, you hit ctrl1. Nov 09, 2005 apple tries to patent tamperresistant software as company prepares to shift to intelbased hardware, it files to protect method of securing code to specific hardware. In operation, the tamper resistant encoding technique of the invention will work much like a compiler from the users point of view, although the internal operations are very different users may start with a piece of software that is already debugged and tested, run that software through the invention software and end up with new tamper.
Namely, although almost all of conventional software distribution was in binary code form, but now it is becoming more common to circulate software in source code form. However, developing and analyzing such a solution is out of the scope of this paper, especially since this problem is common to all databaselevel encryption solutions. Jul 15, 2003 in operation, the tamper resistant encoding technique of the invention will work much like a compiler from the users point of view, although the internal operations are very different. At is an emerging umbrella term that covers the process, activities, and materiel implementations to protect u. Software measurement plays an important role in whole software development activities. Watermarking, tamperproofing, and obfuscation tools for software protection article pdf available in ieee transactions on software engineering 288. Such a response is designed to complicate attacks, but has also caused problems for developers and end users, particularly when bugs or other. In the light of these demands, it is surprising that hardly any packs containing medicines are currently provided with tamper proof seals. Software security, software tampering, tampering attacks, encryption, cryptography. Tamperresistant design refers to the process of designing a system architecture and implementation that is resistant to such attacks. Successful packaged software implementation guides it departments through the selection and implementation of packaged software, pointing out potential pitfalls and how to avoid them.
For this reason, obfuscation techniques are implemented with other approaches, such as code replacementupdate, code tampering detection, protections updating by that the attackers get a limited amount of time to complete their objective etc. Different obfuscation techniques for code protection. Towards better software tamper resistance, jin and myles, proc. Watermarking, tamperproofing, and obfuscation school of. Tamper resistant software encoding cloakware corporation. Hit ctrl1 again and it turns off the change from panel 1. The software tamperresistance technique presented in this paper is an application of whitebox cryptography in the sense that the. This enables to a certain extent and within bounds to trust that the software operates properly even when under a malicious attack. This paper survey s five implemented tamperresistant storage systems that use. It lets you execute common microscope image acquisition strategies such as timelapses, multichannel imaging, zstacks, and combinations thereof. Upon tamper detection, antihacking code may produce a crash or gradual failure, rendering the application unusable or troublesome. Tamperresistant software trs consists of two functional components. The use of softwarebased integrity checks in software tamper.
Software security techniques internal report, cosic esat. Software antitamper at prevents the reverse engineering and exploitation of military critical software technologies in order to deter technology transfer, alteration of system capability, or the development of countermeasures to u. Tamper resistant design refers to the process of designing a system architecture and implementation that is resistant to such attacks. Not surprisingly, many successful breaks of commercial trs systems found their. An open letter to the healthcare stakeholder communities. Developing tamperresistant designs with ultrascale and.
Our implementation is a generalization of a number of previously published schemes. The article deals with the problems of tamper resistant software. Tamper resistance and hardware security partii security, computer laboratory, 03 february 2014. Tamper resistance mechanisms for secure embedded systems. Delayed and controlled failures in tamperresistant systems. Pdf some new approaches for preventing software tampering. One popular tamperresistance strategy is to have a program hash itself, so that the binary can detect modi. Since any device or system can be foiled by a person with sufficient knowledge, equipment, and time, the term tamperproof is a misnomer unless some limitations on the tampering partys resources is explicit or assumed. Smarttoyedgecomputingoriented data exchange based on.
Strategies to reduce the tampering and subsequent abuse of. The paper then presents an architecture and implementation of tamper resistant software based on. E merge engineers bring valuable process control and automation knowledge and expertise to the team. The software tamper resistance technique presented in this paper is an application of whitebox cryptography in the sense that the technique makes the correct operation of the whitebox imple. Federal register transportation worker identification. Pdf tamperresistant storage techniques for multimedia systems. The use of softwarebased integrity checks in software. Pdf watermarking, tamperproofing, and obfuscation tools. A second hardware technique to protect software is tamper resistant. Hardwareassisted circumvention of selfhashing software tamper. A study on tamperresistant software the way of software distribution has been changing with the rapid spread of computer networks such as the internet. Software anti tamper at prevents the reverse engineering and exploitation of military critical software technologies in order to deter technology transfer, alteration of system capability, or the development of countermeasures to u.
Healthcare has been evolving for thousands of years. Manager works with microscopes from all four major manufacturers leica, nikon, olympus and zeiss, most scientific. Manager is a software package for control of automated microscopes. If the software is very complex or developed by many people e. The idea is to find a glitch that increases the program counter as usual but. Common licensing technology overview siemens plm software has developed a common license technology in response to customer requests for consistent licensing and a common license file as well as the siemens plm software need for improved license security and the ability to operate within the emerging virtual environments. We outline approaches that have been proposed to design tamper resistant embedded systems, with examples drawn from recent commercial products. The paper then presents an architecture and implementation of tamper resistant software based on the principles described. We can combine the two methods in one implementation. Pdf tamperresistant storage techniques provide varying degrees of authenticity and integrity for data. This paper describes a technology for the construction of tamper resistant software. Finally the signatures are constructed by merging those detected shares with their.
Compiler and architectural approaches to software protection. Tpm, is a tamper resistant piece of cryptographic hardware built onto the system board that implements primitive cryptographic functions on which more complex features can be built. Tamper resistant software is software that is resistant to analysis and modification. Low cost attacks on tamper resistant devices mississippi state. We target to solve the issue of automatically maintaining a tamperresistant, reliable and distributed ledger by writing smart contract in the environment where the participants are distrustful of each other. By utilizing fpgas as the main protection mechanism, this approach is able to merge the application tunability of the compilerbased methods with the additional security that comes with a hardware implementation. Apple tries to patent tamperresistant software as company prepares to shift to intelbased hardware, it files to protect method of securing code to specific hardware. A study on tamper resistant software the way of software distribution has been changing with the rapid spread of computer networks such as the internet.
For example, combining control flow monitoring with obfuscation can. Opaque predicates opaque values from array aliasing 0123 456 789101112141516171819 36 58 1 46 23 5 16 65 2 41 2 7 1 37 0 11 16 2 21 16 invariants. Apple tries to patent tamperresistant software cnet. A method of increasing the tamperresistance and obscurity of computer software source code comprising the steps of. Software tamper resistance based on the difficulty of. David aucsmith is a senior computer scientist and technology leader currently working as the chief scientist and federal practice manager for. Low cost attacks on tamper resistant devices department of. In this paper, we propose a smarttoyedgecomputingoriented data exchange prototype using hyperledger fabric v1. The panels you see in a 3 way merge are numbered 1, 2 and 3 from left to right.
If the software is safetycritical and can have negative impact on human life e. Tamper resistance and hardware security partii security, computer laboratory, 03 february 2014 why do we need hardware security. If promulgated, this rule would implement the transportation worker identification credential program in the maritime. Product data management implementation guide release 9. Common softwareprotection systems attempt to detect malicious observation and modification of protected applications. On june 8, 2011, the eu parliament and the council of. Offering a stepbystep approach, this volume begins with an assessment as to whether packaged software is. Introduction xilinx has been at the forefront of providing fpga at solutions to their customers for many generations. In operation, the tamperresistant encoding technique of the invention will work much like a compiler from the users point of view, although the internal operations are very different. Full text of proceedings of the 6th usenix symposium on. The center for education and research in information assurance and security cerias is currently viewed as one of the worlds leading centers for research and education in areas of information security that are crucial to the protection of critical computing and communication infrastructure. Practically, encryption, protection by serverside, hardwarebased security solutions, different.
Pdf enhancing software tamperresistance via stealthy. Reverse engineering integrated circuits with degate. The architecture consists of segment of code, called an integrity verification kernel, which is selfmodifying, selfdecrypting, and installation unique. Towards tamper resistant code encryption practive and experience, ispec08.
Tamperresilient methods for webbased open systems approved by. Tamperproof pharmaceutical packaging schreiner group. We outline approaches that have been proposed to design tamperresistant embedded systems, with examples drawn from recent commercial products. A large consumer products corporation reaps accurate data on their cosmetic product line. At is an emerging umbrella term that covers the process, activities, and materiel implementation s. There exists a wide range of tamper resistance methodolo gies. Full text of proceedings of the 6th usenix symposium on networked systems design and implementation see other formats.
We briefly discuss how to make use of this in a transparent pki solution to be employed by vehicles, which appears to be a hot research topic. Welch from virginia tech abstract malicious tampering with software is a major threat against confidentiality of intellectual property and antipiracy techniques. The project team assigned to the city has been extremely responsive to our needs and has been a very valuable partner to the city of norfolk. Tamperproofing, conceptually, is a methodology used to hinder, deter or detect unauthorised access to a device or circumvention of a security system. The main goal of this paper is to analyze the existing software protection techniques and develop an efficient approach which would overcome the drawbacks of the existing techniques. Tamper resistant softwarecontrol flow encoding cloakware.
Jd edwards enterpriseone applications product data management implementation guide release 9. Paul goodman, writer of practical implementation of software metrics, claims that the role of software metrics is to enable engineers and managers to survive in todays business environment 9. Safer, sooner, together leaders of the healthcare stakeholder communities, we request that you unite with us in a joint commitment to patient safety between the healthcare and cyber security communities. The total size of the lookup tables is in the order of hundreds of kilobytes.
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