Security User Guide: Intel® Programmable Acceleration Card with Intel® Arria® 10 GX FPGA

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Date 3/06/2020
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Document Table of Contents
Document Table of Contents x
1. Overview 2. Intel® FPGA PAC Security Features 3. Intel FPGA PAC Security Flow 4. Using fpgasupdate 5. Document Revision History
1. Overview x
1.1. About This Document 1.2. Prerequisites 1.3. Related Documentation 1.4. Glossary
2. Intel® FPGA PAC Security Features x
2.1. Secure Image Updates 2.2. Anti-Rollback Capability 2.3. Key Management 2.4. Authentication 2.5. Encryption
3. Intel FPGA PAC Security Flow x
3.1. Installing PACSign 3.2. PACSign Tool 3.3. Creating Unsigned Images 3.4. Using an HSM Manager 3.5. Creating Keys 3.6. Root Entry Hash Bitstream Creation 3.7. Signing Images 3.8. Creating a CSK ID Cancellation Bitstream 3.9. PACSign PKCS11 Manager *.json Reference 3.10. Creating a Custom HSM Manager 3.11. PACSign Man Page
3.5. Creating Keys x
3.5.1. OpenSSL Key Creation 3.5.2. HSM Key Creation
3.7. Signing Images x
3.7.1. Creating OpenCL* Bitstreams
3.7.1. Creating OpenCL* Bitstreams x
3.7.1.1. Sourcing the init_env.sh Script 3.7.1.2. Creating the OpenCL* Bitstream 3.7.1.3. Programming the Image File
3.7.1.2. Creating the OpenCL* Bitstream x
3.7.1.2.1. Example: Creating a Signed .aocx File Using OpenSSL Manager 3.7.1.2.2. Example: Creating an Unsigned .aocx File Using OpenSSL Manager 3.7.1.2.3. Example: Creating a Signed .aocx File Using PKCS11 Manager 3.7.1.2.4. Example: Creating an Unsigned .aocx File Using PKCS11 Manager
3.10. Creating a Custom HSM Manager x
3.10.1. HSM_MANAGER.get_public_key(public_key) 3.10.2. HSM_MANAGER.sign(data, key) 3.10.3. Signing Operation Flow
3.10.1. HSM_MANAGER.get_public_key(public_key) x
3.10.1.1. PUBLIC_KEY.get_X_Y() 3.10.1.2. PUBLIC_KEY.get_permission() 3.10.1.3. PUBLIC_KEY.get_ID() 3.10.1.4. PUBLIC_KEY.get_content_type()
4. Using fpgasupdate x
4.1. Troubleshooting
1. Overview
2. Intel® FPGA PAC Security Features
3. Intel FPGA PAC Security Flow
4. Using fpgasupdate
5. Document Revision History

2.4. Authentication

To enable authentication:
  1. Use the PACSign tool to create a root entry hash bitstream.
  2. Use the fpgasupdate tool to program the bitstream onto the Intel® FPGA PAC.
    $ sudo fpgasupdate [--log-level=<level>] file [bdf]
Note: After the root entry hash bitstream is programmed, the Intel® FPGA PAC must be power cycled.

All key operations are done using PACSign. PACSign is a standalone tool that is not required to be run on a machine with the Intel FPGA PAC installed. Key creation, signing, and cancellation bitstream creation are not runtime operations and can be performed at any time. The signing process prepends the signature to the AFU image file. The TCM RoT does not need access to the HSM at any point to verify a signature.

The signing process requires a root key and a Code Signing Key (CSK). PACSign first signs the CSK with the root key, and then signs the image with the CSK. The signature process prepends two “blocks” of data to the image file.
Note: If you are using an Intel Acceleration Stack version 1.2.1 or greater, your AFUs must have prepended signature blocks, even if the corresponding root entry hash bitstream has not been programmed. PACSign allows you to prepend the required blocks with an empty signature chain.
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