Hardware Activation by Means of PUFs and Elliptic Curve Cryptography in Field-Programmable Devices

Reusable design using IP cores requires of efficient methods for protecting the Intellectual Property of the designer and the corresponding license agreements. In this work, a new protection procedure establishing an activation protocol in a similar way to the activation process in the software worl...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Luis Parrilla, Encarnación Castillo, Diego P. Morales, Antonio García
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-01-01
Series:Electronics
Subjects:
PUF
ECC
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/5/1/5