Tamper Resistance -- a Cautionary Note (1996)
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| Venue: | IN PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND USENIX WORKSHOP ON ELECTRONIC COMMERCE |
| Citations: | 312 - 13 self |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Anderson96tamperresistance,
author = {Ross Anderson and Markus Kuhn},
title = {Tamper Resistance -- a Cautionary Note},
booktitle = {IN PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND USENIX WORKSHOP ON ELECTRONIC COMMERCE},
year = {1996},
pages = {1--11},
publisher = {}
}
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Abstract
An increasing number of systems, from pay-TV to electronic purses, rely on the tamper resistance of smartcards and other security processors. We describe a number of attacks on such systems -- some old, some new and some that are simply little known outside the chip testing community. We conclude that trusting tamper resistance is problematic; smartcards are broken routinely, and even a device that was described by a government signals agency as `the most secure processor generally available' turns out to be vulnerable. Designers of secure systems should consider the consequences with care.
