By: Heena T Shaikh and Dr. Kazi Kutubuddin Sayyad Liyakat
1 Asstant Professor, Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Brahmdevdada Mane Institute of Technology, Solapur, Maharashtra, India .
2 Professor and Head,Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Brahmdevdada Mane Institute of Technology, Solapur, Maharashtra, India .
Unmatched connectivity and convenience have been made possible by the growth of Internet of
Things (IoT) devices. However, there is a higher chance of security flaws as a result of this
increasing connectedness. The bootloader, the software that loads the operating system and
initializes the device, is one of the most important components for IoT device security. Malicious
actors may target the device since a hacked bootloader can result in a total takeover. Based on
the main findings and conclusions of study in this field, this article investigates the function of
VHDL (VHSIC Hardware Description Language) programming in developing reliable and
secure bootloaders for Internet of Things devices. Conventional software-based bootloaders,
which are frequently implemented in assembly language or C, are vulnerable to a variety of
assaults, such as reverse engineering, code injection, and buffer overflows. These flaws can be
used to circumvent security measures, install malicious software, and eventually compromise the
device as a whole. An alternate strategy makes use of hardware’s built-in security benefits to
combat these threats. Using a Hardware Description Language such as VHDL to implement
secure bootloaders in hardware provides an essential “root of trust.” Because the boot process is
hardware-anchored, it is far more difficult for hackers to interfere with the device’s initial
starting. The goal of this study is to create safe bootloaders for Internet of Things devices by
utilizing VHDL programming. This strategy seeks to create a hardware root of trust in light of
software-based bootloaders’ weakness. It does this by integrating essential features like
hardware-enforced authentication, secure key storage, and tamper resistance directly into
hardware. In order to create a more resilient and secure IoT environment, the study investigates
the design concepts, difficulties, and possible advantages of VHDL-based secure bootloaders.
VHDL, IoT, Security, Bootloaders, Malicious .
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