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sensitive to the timing of their primary explosive charges, as the nuclear payload only produces a full-scale detonation
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sensitive to the timing of their primary explosive charges, as the nuclear payload only produces a full-scale detonation
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when triggered in just the right way.
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when triggered in just the right way.
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While it is difficult to date, the \todo{FIXME} book by \todo{FIXME} mentions a tamper-sensing membrane being used in US
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While it is difficult to date, \textcite{carterManagingNuclearOperations1987} specifically mention a tamper-sensing
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PALs. Given the nature of the matter, it is safe to assume that this technology will have been in use for some years at
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membrane being used in US PALs. Given the nature of the matter, it is safe to assume that this technology will have been
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the point it was being discussed in an unclassified, civilian book on nuclear armament control.
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in use for some years at the point it was being discussed in an unclassified, civilian book on nuclear armament control.
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\paragraph{Use in Nuclear Disarmament Control}
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\paragraph{Use in Nuclear Safeguards}
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Besides being used in nuclear weapons, tamper-sensing systems have another, more peaceful application in the nuclear
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Besides being used in nuclear weapons, tamper-sensing systems have another, more peaceful application in the nuclear
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field. In 1957, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was founded to coordinate and verify that civilian nuclear
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field. In 1957, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was founded to coordinate and verify that civilian nuclear
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energy installations are not used for military purposes. A core part of the IAEA's tasks is observing the operations at
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energy installations are not used for military purposes. A core part of the IAEA's tasks is observing the operations at
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extensive use of tamper-indicating enclosures and of seals. In both systems, the approach taken is that the enclosure or
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extensive use of tamper-indicating enclosures and of seals. In both systems, the approach taken is that the enclosure or
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seal is treated similarly to what these days, in computing we call a Physically Uncloneable Function. The enclosure or
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seal is treated similarly to what these days, in computing we call a Physically Uncloneable Function. The enclosure or
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seal is manufactured in a process that leaves an unpredictable and uncontrollable pattern of manufacturing variations
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seal is manufactured in a process that leaves an unpredictable and uncontrollable pattern of manufacturing variations
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such as surface imperfections. Before it is deployed in the field, it is precisely measured from all sides. Later on,
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such as surface imperfections. A process used in the IAEA is to package devices in aluminium enclosures passivated in a
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after field deployment, its integrity can then be checked by comparing its current state to these initial measurements.
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brigh color, which leaves a random, microscopic pattern of pits in the surface from the etching step. Before such a
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The underlying assumption is that drilling or cutting into something like a steel enclosure will leave detectable
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device is deployed in the field, it is precisely measured from all sides. Later on, after field deployment, its
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traces, and that perfectly replicating an object including features such as minute surface imperfections is infeasible
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integrity can then be checked by comparing its current state to these initial measurements. The underlying assumption is
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even to a nation state\cite{iaea2011}.
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that drilling or cutting into something like a steel enclosure will leave detectable traces, and that perfectly
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replicating an object including features such as minute surface imperfections is infeasible even to a nation
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state~\cite{iaea2011}.
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With smarter electronics becoming more affordable in both monetary and in power budget, over the decades, active tamper
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In IAEA terminology, both tamper detection and tamper evidence are combined into the term ``tamper indication''. The
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sensors have received attention as well. Reportedtly, the IAEA's Electro-Optic Sealing System (EOSS) uses a flexible
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IAEA distinguishes between active tamper indication, which we conventionally call tamper detection, and passive tamper
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tamper sensing membrane in the same way it is used in hardware security modules to detect attempts at drilling or
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indication, which we conventionally call tamper evidence. Tamper indicating devices include seals, but also the
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cutting into the system.
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aforementioned uniquely characterizable enclosures, which IAEA terminology calls intrinsically tamper-indicating. An
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% cite Tolk et al, safeguards past present future
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example for an active tamper indicating device would be a seismic sensor at the bottom of a borehole that has been
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back-filled with concrete such that any attempt to reach the sensor would be well-visible in the sensor's own
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readings~\cite{simmonsHowInsureThat1988}
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With smarter electronics becoming more affordable in both monetary and in power budget, over the decades, other active
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tamper sensors have received attention as well. The IAEA reports on attempts at burying sensors such as piezoelectric
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transducers or optical fibers inside an enclosure's walls to detect tampering, but states that these efforts have not
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yielded practical results primarily due to cost concerns. In contrast to these sensors, the IAEA's Electro-Optic Sealing
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System (EOSS) uses a flexible tamper sensing mesh that contains some sort of conductive traces in the same way it is
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used in contemporary hardware security modules to detect attempts at drilling or cutting into the
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system~\cite{iaea2011,tolkSafeguardsSensorsSystems2007}. Unfortunately, no information on the precise construction of
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the tamper sensing mesh such as materials used or structure sizes are publically available.
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\paragraph{Commercial Use}
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\paragraph{Commercial Use}
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Commercially, tamper sensing meshes have entered widespread use beginning around the turn of the millennium, initially
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in then-new HSMs, cryptographic coprocessors primarily aimed at the financial
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industry~\cite{andersonSecurityEngineeringGuide2020}. Today, their use in finance has spread from HSMs in datacenters
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and ATMs to the ATM pin pads themselves, which encrypt the customer's PIN right at the source, as well as in all kinds
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of card payment terminals. We will analyze two such ATM pin pads later in this paper.
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HSMs are used for highly sensitive operations even outside of the financial industry, although their adoption is
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hampered by their high cost. Such applications include key management in the TLS certificate infrastructure. In this
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paper, we will analyze a commercial HSM that was used in the key management infrastructure of a premium TV provider.
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Beyond finance, tamper-sensing meshes have found applications in a variety of other use cases as well. For instance, we
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have found them being used in mail franking machines to protect the credit counter and franking data, with one such unit
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analyzed in this paper. Furthermore, we have identified at least one model of key safe that in Germany is mounted
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externally on public buildings to provide keys to emergency services, and which includes a tamper sensing mesh on its
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outside-facing wall to detect attempts at drilling into it. Finally, we have found a processing unit used in a series of
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mid-2000s era slot machines in Germany that includes a tamper-sensing mesh, presumably to prevent modification or
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cloning. This device will also be analyzed later in this paper.
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\subsection{Security Mesh Manufacturing}
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\subsection{Security Mesh Manufacturing}
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\subsection{Security Mesh Monitoring}
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\subsection{Security Mesh Monitoring}
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