Fan Speed Control Based Defence for Thermal Covert Channel Attacks in Multi-Core Systems

Parisa Rahimi, Amit Kumar Singh, Xiaohang Wang

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Abstract

Multicore systems are vulnerable to thermal covert channel attacks as the increased power consumption may remain undetected, while occurring alongside normal, CPU-intensive applications. The purpose of this work is to study thermal effects on modern multi-core systems and decrease the possible risk of attacks. In this research, by controlling the fan speed, we have tried to decrease the temperature of the system to an appropriate level to fight these kinds of attacks. The results indicate that when the temperature decreases at a considerable level, lower power consumption is achieved.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICECS 2022 - 29th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
ISBN (Electronic)9781665488235
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Externally publishedYes
Event29th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, ICECS 2022 - Glasgow, United Kingdom
Duration: 24 Oct 202226 Oct 2022

Publication series

NameICECS 2022 - 29th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, Proceedings

Conference

Conference29th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, ICECS 2022
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityGlasgow
Period24/10/2226/10/22

Keywords

  • cooling
  • Multi-core systems
  • power consumption
  • security
  • temperature
  • Thermal covert channel

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