Resynthesis-based Attacks Against Logic Locking. (arXiv:2301.04400v1 [cs.CR])

Logic locking has been a promising solution to many hardware security
threats, such as intellectual property infringement and overproduction. Due to
the increased attention that threats have received, many efficient specialized
attacks against logic locking have been introduced over the years. However, the
ability of an adversary to manipulate a locked netlist prior to mounting an
attack has not been investigated thoroughly. This paper introduces a
resynthesis-based strategy that utilizes the strength of a commercial
electronic design automation (EDA) tool …

adversary attack attacks attention hardware hardware security intellectual property locked logic security security threats solution strategy strength threats