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\section{Introduction}
\section{Related Work}
\subsection{The History of Tamper Sensing Meshes}
\section{The History of Tamper Sensing Meshes}
\subsection{Use by the US Military}
\paragraph{Use by the US Military}
Electronic tamper sensing meshes are documented in literature beginning around World War \RN{2}. The earliest mention of
such a system we are aware of is from notes on a series of lectures given by Dr.~David~G. Boak, a specialist in
communications security and signal intelligence at the US National Security
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does note several other ways to penalize an intrusion attempt, including raising a remote alarm or--even more
exciting--exploding the device.
\paragraph{Use in Nuclear Weapons}
\subsection{Use in Nuclear Weapons}
Communications security was not the earliest use of tamper-sensing membranes in the US military, with Boak mentioning
HSMs still being under development in the second volume of the lecture series, dated 1972. An earlier reference to such
systems can be found in literature on Permissive Action Links (PALs) for nuclear weapons. In US military terminology, a
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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
in use for some years at the point it was being discussed in an unclassified, civilian book on nuclear armament control.
\paragraph{Use in Nuclear Safeguards}
\subsection{Use in Nuclear Safeguards}
Besides being used in nuclear weapons, tamper-sensing systems have another, more peaceful application in the nuclear
field. In 1957, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was founded to coordinate and verify that civilian nuclear
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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system~\cite{iaea2011,tolkSafeguardsSensorsSystems2007}. Unfortunately, no information on the precise construction of
the tamper sensing mesh such as materials used or structure sizes are publically available.
\paragraph{Commercial Use}
\subsection{Commercial Use}
Commercially, tamper sensing meshes have entered widespread use beginning around the turn of the millennium, initially
in then-new HSMs, cryptographic coprocessors primarily aimed at the financial
industry~\cite{andersonSecurityEngineeringGuide2020}. Today, their use in finance has spread from HSMs in datacenters
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mid-2000s era slot machines in Germany that includes a tamper-sensing mesh, presumably to prevent modification or
cloning. This device will also be analyzed later in this paper.
\section{The Principles of Security Mesh Construction and Monitoring}
\subsection{Security Mesh Manufacturing}
\subsection{Security Mesh Monitoring}
\subsection{Other Tamper Sensing Techniques}
\subsection{Hardware Security Module Applications}
\subsection{The Patent Landscape}
\section{The Principles of Security Mesh Construction and Monitoring}
\section{Methodology}
\subsection{Sample selection}