A Survey on Chip to System Reverse Engineering

作者：Quadir Shahed E^*; Chen Junlin; Forte Domenic; Asadizanjani Navid; Shahbazmohamadi Sina; Wang Lei; Chandy John; Tehranipoor Mark

来源：ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems, 2016, 13(1): 6.

DOI：10.1145/2755563

• Reverse engineering (RE)
• anti-reverse engineering (anti-RE)
• hardware security
• delayering
• firmware extraction
• FPGA security

The reverse engineering (RE) of electronic chips and systems can be used with honest and dishonest intentions. To inhibit RE for those with dishonest intentions (e.g., piracy and counterfeiting), it is important that the community is aware of the state-of-the-art capabilities available to attackers today. In this article, we will be presenting a survey of RE and anti-RE techniques on the chip, board, and system levels. We also highlight the current challenges and limitations of anti-RE and the research needed to overcome them. This survey should be of interest to both governmental and industrial bodies whose critical systems and intellectual property (IP) require protection from foreign enemies and counterfeiters who possess advanced RE capabilities.

• 出版日期2016-12