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PUFBind Enhances Security for FPGA Embedded Systems

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🔐 New PUFBind Solution Enhances Security for FPGA-Based Embedded Systems. Researchers have introduced PUFBind, a lightweight hardware-software co-design that leverages Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) to authenticate program binaries in FPGA-based embedded systems. This innovative approach binds a binary to a specific FPGA using a PUF signature, ensuring that only authenticated binaries can execute, thus addressing vulnerabilities from compromised software. The platform-agnostic solution operates in a “bare metal” mode, requiring no changes to existing hardware or software, and has been successfully implemented on the PicoBlaze microcontroller using AMD/Xilinx FPGA. The study highlights PUFBind’s efficiency in resource usage and performance compared to similar security solutions.

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