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Cryptech tamper detection

+ +

This is software for the Atmel AVR ATtiny828 MCU on the Cryptech alpha +board, rev02, implementing tamper detection and master key erasure.

+ +

Overview

+ +
   *************
+   * P A N I C *
+   *   button  *
+   *************
+    /
+   /
+  /
+AVR ---- SPI mux ---- FPGA
+            |          |
+            |         ARM
+           MKM
+
+AVR -- Atmel MCU
+FPGA -- FPGA
+MKM -- Master Key Memory, 23K640 SRAM
+SPI mux -- 2 x MC74AC244DW
+ARM -- ARM CPU
+
+ +

The MKM holds the master key for the device.

+ +

The AVR, MKM and the mux are all battery powered.

+ +

The AVR and the FPGA are both sharing access to the MKM through the +mux, with the AVR connected to the pins used for deciding who's in +control of the memory. If the AVR doesn't actively grab control of the +MKM, the FPGA is in control.

+ +

When the panic button is pressed, the AVR takes control over the MKM +and writes zeros to it as quickly as possible. In idle mode, i.e. when +the panic button is not pressed, the AVR tries to consume as little +power as possible.

+ +

Building the software

+ +

To build a .hex file suitible for uploading to a board with a +ATTiny828, a C compiler for AVR is needed, as wells a objcopy. On a +Debian system, the following command can be used for installing both:

+ +
apt-get install gcc-avr binutils-avr avr-libc
+
+ +

To build tamper.hex, type 'make' in this directory.

+ +

To upload a .hex file to a board, the program avrdude can be used. On +a Debian system, the following command can be used for installing +avrdude:

+ +
apt-get install avrdude
+
+ +

If configuration for ATtiny828 is missing, the file attiny828.conf in +this directory could be appended to avrdude.conf:

+ +
cat attiny828.conf >> /etc/avrdude.conf
+
+ +

Often, a piece of hardware called "SPI programmer" is needed in order +to upload the .hex file to the target system. The one I've been using +has "sparkfun.com" printed on it. This small board has a mini-USB port +to connect to a host system and a header with SPI pins to connect to a +board with an AVR on it.

+ +

To upload a .hex file to a board, use the upload.sh shell script in +this directory with the name of the file as the only argument:

+ +
./upload.sh tamper.hex
+
+ +

Depending on permissions on your host system you might want to run the +upload script as root.

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