162 lines
6.2 KiB
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162 lines
6.2 KiB
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% Last updated August 16, 2022, by IST-Client Services
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by \myauthor\\
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A research proposal\\
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presented to the University of Waterloo \\
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for fulfillment of the \\
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thesis requirement for the degree of \\
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Doctor of Philosophy \\
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in \\
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Philosophy of Electrical and Computer Engineering \\
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\vspace*{2.0cm}
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Waterloo, Ontario, Canada \\
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\copyright \myauthor \\
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% E X A M I N I N G C O M M I T T E E (Required for Ph.D. theses only)
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\begin{center}\textbf{Examining Committee Membership}\end{center}
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\noindent
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The following served on the Examining Committee for this thesis. The decision of the Examining Committee is by majority vote.
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Internal-External Member: \> Diogo Barradas\\
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\> Assistant Professor, Cheriton School of Computer Science\\
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\> University of Waterloo \\
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Internal Member: \> Catherine Gebotys\\
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\> Professor, Dept. Electrical and Computer Engineering\\
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\> University of Waterloo \\
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Internal Member: \> Mark Crowley\\
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\> Professor, Dept. Electrical and Computer Engineering\\
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\> University of Waterloo \\
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\noindent
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Supervisor: \> Sebastian Fischmeister \\
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\> Professor, Dept. Electrical and Computer Engineering\\
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\> University of Waterloo \\
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% A B S T R A C T
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\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Abstract}
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\begin{center}\textbf{Abstract}\end{center}
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Most current Intrusion Detection Systems (IDSs) share the flaw of requiring the cooperation of the system to protect.
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Whether the IDS is a software or hardware component, they don't perform the detection independently and require the system to protect to execute or call them.
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This is a critical flaw as it allows attackers to avoid detection by forging input data, forging detection results, or bypassing the IDS altogether.
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This is particularly problematic for firmware-level attacks that enable control of the most critical components of the machine, making the attacks especially difficult to detect, mitigate, and remove.
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This observation leads to the conclusion that we cannot entrust machines to assess their integrity.
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To remain trustworthy, the IDS must be independent of the machine to protect and require no cooperation to perform the detection.
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The main challenge with such a system is getting access to relevant data.
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Network-based IDS fit in this category and exhibit complete independence, but their input data --- network communication from the machine --- is only relevant for a small subset of attacks.
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This thesis proposes to explore another family of IDSs called physics-based IDS that leverages side-channel information.
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Side-channel information is a perfect candidate for intrusion detection.
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The generation of this information is, by definition, involuntary.
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Hence, their measurement requires no communication with the machine to protect.
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Moreover, if chosen carefully, side-channel information can provide insight into all activities performed by the machine.
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Finally, side-channel information remains practical to measure on virtually any embedded system, providing a solution that is not only theoretical but also applicable in the real world.
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This proposal describes the exploratory work already achieved in the domain of physics-based IDS and outlines the main problems to study to evaluate the potential of this technology.
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% L I S T O F F I G U R E S
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% L I S T O F T A B L E S
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