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Secure Memory Accesses on Networks-on-Chip

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Secure Memory Accesses on Networks-on-Chip
Security is gaining relevance in the development of embedded devices. Toward a secure system at each level of design, this paper addresses security aspects related to Network-on-Chip (NoC) architectures, foreseen as the communication infrastructure of next-generation embedded devices. In the context of NoC-based multiprocessor systems, we focus on the topic, not yet thoroughly faced, of data protection. In this paper, we present a secure NoC architecture composed of a set of Data Protection Units (DPUs) implemented within the Network Interfaces (NIs). The runtime configuration of the programmable part of the DPUs is managed by a central unit, the Network Security Manager (NSM). The DPU, similar to a firewall, can check and limit the access rights (none, read, write, or both) of processors accessing data and instructions in a shared memory. In particular, the DPU can distinguish between the operating roles (supervisor/user and secure/nonsecure) of the processing elements. We explore alt...
Leandro Fiorin, Gianluca Palermo, Slobodan Lukovic
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Type Journal
Year 2008
Where TC
Authors Leandro Fiorin, Gianluca Palermo, Slobodan Lukovic, V. Catalano, Cristina Silvano
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