Patent Publication Number: US-11030317-B2

Title: Independently recoverable security for processor and peripheral communication

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE 
     This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/778,231 filed Dec. 11, 2018, which is hereby incorporated herein by reference. 
    
    
     BACKGROUND 
     In existing computing platforms, communication between a host system processor, such as an application processor (AP) or central processing unit (CPU), and a connected peripheral is either unprotected or encrypted by global shared secrets that are hardcoded into the processor and the peripheral. In some systems, communications are unprotected due to the assumed difficulty of intercepting communications performed over an on-board high-speed interconnect. Where some protection or encryption is in place, global shared secrets are used due to the constraints of general-purpose CPU design. However, the use of hard-coded global shared secrets may leave a system vulnerable to exploits, such as break-once-run-everywhere attacks that leave an entire system vulnerable when a shared secret is compromised, the potential inability to recover from a compromised share secret, or if recovery is possible, difficulty synchronizing the new shared secret with all endpoints. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       So that the manner in which the above recited features of the present embodiments can be understood in detail, a more particular description of the embodiments, briefly summarized above, may be had by reference to embodiments, some of which are illustrated in the appended drawings, and in which: 
         FIG. 1  is a block diagram of a processing system, according to an embodiment; 
         FIG. 2A-2C  illustrate a processor equipped to make use of the security protocol described herein; 
         FIG. 3A-3C  illustrate processor credential hash chains, according to embodiments described herein; 
         FIG. 4  illustrates a system to enable registration between a processor and a peripheral using a credential hash chain, according to an embodiment; 
         FIG. 5  illustrates method of registration between a peripheral and a processor, according to an embodiment; 
         FIG. 6  illustrates a system to enable registration between a processor and a peripheral using an on-die certificate chain, according to an embodiment; 
         FIG. 7A-7B  illustrates a method of registration between a processor and a peripheral using an on-die certificate chain, according to an embodiment; 
         FIG. 8A-8B  illustrate secure communication application flow sequence diagram and system, according to embodiments; 
         FIG. 9  illustrates operations of an application flow between a processor and a peripheral, according to an embodiment; and 
         FIG. 10  illustrates a computing device in accordance with one implementation. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     In embodiments described herein independently recoverable security is enabled for processor and peripheral communication. The processor and peripheral can each have credentials burned into secure fuses. After mutual authentication between the processor and the peripheral, the processor can derive a shared secret from the secure fuses within the processor and security attributes of itself and the Peripheral, such as the security version number of firmware within the processor and each peripheral. The processor can then send the shared secret to peripheral, which the peripheral stores in non-volatile memory that is dedicated to the peripheral. In subsequent power cycles, the peripherals can prompt the processor to re-derive the shared secrets from the secure fuses. Then, the processor and peripherals can generate ephemeral session keys from the shared secret and nonces. The ephemeral session keys can be used to secure communications between the processor and the peripherals. While the concepts described herein are generally directed towards central processing units (CPUs), the techniques can also apply to different types of processors. 
     For the purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth to provide a thorough understanding of the various embodiments described below. However, it will be apparent to a skilled practitioner in the art that the embodiments may be practiced without some of these specific details. In other instances, well-known structures and devices are shown in block diagram form to avoid obscuring the underlying principles, and to provide a more thorough understanding of embodiments. Although some of the following embodiments are described with reference to a graphics processor, the techniques and teachings described herein may be applied to various types of circuits or semiconductor devices, including general purpose processing devices or graphic processing devices. Reference herein to “one embodiment” or “an embodiment” indicate that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection or association with the embodiment can be included in at least one of such embodiments. However, the appearances of the phrase “in one embodiment” in various places in the specification do not necessarily all refer to the same embodiment. 
     In the following description and claims, the terms “coupled” and “connected,” along with their derivatives, may be used. It should be understood that these terms are not intended as synonyms for each other. “Coupled” is used to indicate that two or more elements, which may or may not be in direct physical or electrical contact with each other, co-operate or interact with each other. “Connected” is used to indicate the establishment of communication between two or more elements that are coupled with each other. 
     In the description that follows, an overview of exemplary data processing system and processor logic is provided, along with details for the various embodiments presented herein. The following embodiments are described with reference to a CPU. However, similar techniques and teachings can be applied to other types of circuits or semiconductor devices, including but not limited to a many integrated core (MIC) processor, a graphics processor, or one or more instances of a field programmable gate array (FPGA). 
     System Overview 
       FIG. 1  is a block diagram of a processing system  100 , according to an embodiment. System  100  may be used in a single processor desktop system, a multiprocessor workstation system, or a server system having a large number of processors  102  or processor cores  107 . In one embodiment, the system  100  is a processing platform incorporated within a system-on-a-chip (SoC) integrated circuit for use in mobile, handheld, or embedded devices such as within Internet-of-things (IoT) devices with wired or wireless connectivity to a local or wide area network. 
     In one embodiment, system  100  can include, couple with, or be integrated within: a server-based gaming platform; a game console, including a game and media console; a mobile gaming console, a handheld game console, or an online game console. In some embodiments the system  100  is part of a mobile phone, smart phone, tablet computing device or mobile Internet-connected device such as a laptop with low internal storage capacity. Processing system  100  can also include, couple with, or be integrated within: a wearable device, such as a smart watch wearable device; smart eyewear or clothing enhanced with augmented reality (AR) or virtual reality (VR) features to provide visual, audio or tactile outputs to supplement real world visual, audio or tactile experiences or otherwise provide text, audio, graphics, video, holographic images or video, or tactile feedback; other augmented reality (AR) device; or other virtual reality (VR) device. In some embodiments, the processing system  100  includes or is part of a television or set top box device. In one embodiment, system  100  can include, couple with, or be integrated within a self-driving vehicle such as a bus, tractor trailer, car, motor or electric power cycle, plane or glider (or any combination thereof). The self-driving vehicle may use system  100  to process the environment sensed around the vehicle. 
     In some embodiments, the one or more processors  102  each include one or more processor cores  107  to process instructions which, when executed, perform operations for system or user software. In some embodiments, at least one of the one or more processor cores  107  is configured to process a specific instruction set  109 . In some embodiments, instruction set  109  may facilitate Complex Instruction Set Computing (CISC), Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC), or computing via a Very Long Instruction Word (VLIW). One or more processor cores  107  may process a different instruction set  109 , which may include instructions to facilitate the emulation of other instruction sets. Processor core  107  may also include other processing devices, such as a Digital Signal Processor (DSP). 
     In some embodiments, the processor  102  includes cache memory  104 . Depending on the architecture, the processor  102  can have a single internal cache or multiple levels of internal cache. In some embodiments, the cache memory is shared among various components of the processor  102 . In some embodiments, the processor  102  also uses an external cache (e.g., a Level-3 (L3) cache or Last Level Cache (LLC)) (not shown), which may be shared among processor cores  107  using known cache coherency techniques. A register file  106  can be additionally included in processor  102  and may include different types of registers for storing different types of data (e.g., integer registers, floating point registers, status registers, and an instruction pointer register). Some registers may be general-purpose registers, while other registers may be specific to the design of the processor  102 . 
     In some embodiments, one or more processor(s)  102  are coupled with one or more interface bus(es)  110  to transmit communication signals such as address, data, or control signals between processor  102  and other components in the system  100 . The interface bus  110 , in one embodiment, can be a processor bus, such as a version of the Direct Media Interface (DMI) bus. However, processor busses are not limited to the DMI bus, and may include one or more Peripheral Component Interconnect buses (e.g., PCI, PCI Express), memory busses, or other types of interface busses. In one embodiment the processor(s)  102  include an integrated memory controller  116  and a platform controller hub  130 . The memory controller  116  facilitates communication between a memory device and other components of the system  100 , while the platform controller hub (PCH)  130  provides connections to I/O devices via a local I/O bus. The PCH  130  can include a security/management engine  131 , which can enable out-of-band management functionality for the system  100 . The security/management engine  131 , in one embodiment, is a converged security and management engine (CSME), which can be configured to enable a trusted execution environment that provides secure communications and secure operations for the system  100 . 
     The memory device  120  can be a dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) device, a static random-access memory (SRAM) device, flash memory device, phase-change memory device, or some other memory device having suitable performance to serve as process memory. In one embodiment the memory device  120  can operate as system memory for the system  100 , to store data  122  and instructions  121  for use when the one or more processors  102  executes an application or process. Memory controller  116  also couples with an optional external graphics processor  118 , which may communicate with the one or more graphics processors  108  in processors  102  to perform graphics and media operations. In some embodiments, graphics, media, and or compute operations may be assisted by an accelerator  112  which is a coprocessor that can be configured to perform a specialized set of graphics, media, or compute operations. For example, in one embodiment the accelerator  112  is a matrix multiplication accelerator used to optimize machine learning or compute operations. In one embodiment the accelerator  112  is a ray-tracing accelerator that can be used to perform ray-tracing operations in concert with the graphics processor  108 . In one embodiment, an external accelerator  119  may be used in place of or in concert with the accelerator  112 . 
     In some embodiments a display device  111  can connect to the processor(s)  102 . The display device  111  can be one or more of an internal display device, as in a mobile electronic device or a laptop device or an external display device attached via a display interface (e.g., DisplayPort, etc.). In one embodiment the display device  111  can be a head mounted display (HMD) such as a stereoscopic display device for use in virtual reality (VR) applications or augmented reality (AR) applications. 
     In some embodiments the platform controller hub  130  enables peripherals to connect to memory device  120  and processor  102  via a high-speed I/O bus. The I/O peripherals include, but are not limited to, an audio controller  146 , a network controller  134 , a firmware interface  128 , a wireless transceiver  126 , touch sensors  125 , a data storage device  124  (e.g., non-volatile memory, volatile memory, hard disk drive, flash memory, NAND, 3D NAND, 3D XPoint, etc.). The data storage device  124  can connect via a storage interface (e.g., SATA) or via a peripheral bus, such as a Peripheral Component Interconnect bus (e.g., PCI, PCI Express). The touch sensors  125  can include touch screen sensors, pressure sensors, or fingerprint sensors. The wireless transceiver  126  can be a Wi-Fi transceiver, a Bluetooth transceiver, or a mobile network transceiver such as a 3 G, 4 G, 5 G, or Long-Term Evolution (LTE) transceiver. The firmware interface  128  enables communication with system firmware, and can be, for example, a unified extensible firmware interface (UEFI). The network controller  134  can enable a network connection to a wired network. In some embodiments, a high-performance network controller (not shown) couples with the interface bus  110 . The audio controller  146 , in one embodiment, is a multi-channel high definition audio controller. In one embodiment the system  100  includes an optional legacy I/O controller  140  for coupling legacy (e.g., Personal System  2  (PS/2)) devices to the system. The platform controller hub  130  can also connect to one or more Universal Serial Bus (USB) controllers  142  connect input devices, such as keyboard and mouse  143  combinations, a camera  144 , or other USB input devices. 
     It will be appreciated that the system  100  shown is exemplary and not limiting, as other types of data processing systems that are differently configured may also be used. For example, an instance of the memory controller  116  and platform controller hub  130  may be integrated into a discreet external graphics processor, such as the external graphics processor  118 . In one embodiment the platform controller hub  130  and/or memory controller  116  may be external to the one or more processor(s)  102 . For example, the system  100  can include an external memory controller  116  and platform controller hub  130 , which may be configured as a memory controller hub and peripheral controller hub within a system chipset that is in communication with the processor(s)  102 . 
     For example, circuit boards (“sleds”) can be used on which components such as CPUs, memory, and other components are placed are designed for increased thermal performance. In some examples, processing components such as the processors are located on a top side of a sled while near memory, such as DIMMs, are located on a bottom side of the sled. As a result of the enhanced airflow provided by this design, the components may operate at higher frequencies and power levels than in typical systems, thereby increasing performance. Furthermore, the sleds are configured to blindly mate with power and data communication cables in a rack, thereby enhancing their ability to be quickly removed, upgraded, reinstalled, and/or replaced. Similarly, individual components located on the sleds, such as processors, accelerators, memory, and data storage drives, are configured to be easily upgraded due to their increased spacing from each other. In the illustrative embodiment, the components additionally include hardware attestation features to prove their authenticity. 
     A data center can utilize a single network architecture (“fabric”) that supports multiple other network architectures including Ethernet and Omni-Path. The sleds can be coupled to switches via optical fibers, which provide higher bandwidth and lower latency than typical twisted pair cabling (e.g., Category 5, Category 5e, Category 6, etc.). Due to the high bandwidth, low latency interconnections and network architecture, the data center may, in use, pool resources, such as memory, accelerators (e.g., GPUs, graphics accelerators, FPGAs, ASICs, neural network and/or artificial intelligence accelerators, etc.), and data storage drives that are physically disaggregated, and provide them to compute resources (e.g., processors) on an as needed basis, enabling the compute resources to access the pooled resources as if they were local. 
     A power supply or source can provide voltage and/or current to system  100  or any component or system described herein. In one example, the power supply includes an AC to DC (alternating current to direct current) adapter to plug into a wall outlet. Such AC power can be renewable energy (e.g., solar power) power source. In one example, power source includes a DC power source, such as an external AC to DC converter. In one example, power source or power supply includes wireless charging hardware to charge via proximity to a charging field. In one example, power source can include an internal battery, alternating current supply, motion-based power supply, solar power supply, or fuel cell source. 
     Security Protocol Overview 
     While the system  100  includes a memory device  120  capable of non-volatile storage, as well as I/O controllers (e.g., USB controllers  142 , legacy I/O  140 ) and a networking controller  134 , the processor  102  lacks such native capability. The lack of native non-volatile storage, networking, or I/O prevents the use of popular security protocols such as TLS (transport layer security). Thus, an effective security protocol for processor to peripheral communications would be of benefit to the computing arts. Such security protocol should, at the least 1) provide mutual authentication, 2) confidentiality, integrity, and anti-reply for messages, 3) be compliant with cryptographic best practice (e.g., no reliance on global secrets), and 4) support isolated sessions between one processor and multiple peripherals. In addition, due to the constrains of processors within embedded environments, the new protocol should also feature 5) Independent recovery of credentials upon processor and peripheral firmware upgrade, such that a firmware update can recover credentials itself without a connection to network or external devices and 6) anti-rollback protection, such that session keys for higher security version numbered firmware cannot be disclosed to lower security version numbered firmware. A security protocol having the above functionality is provided herein. Such security protocol may be referred to herein as the SPIRAL (Security Protocol with Independent Recovery Algorithm) protocol. 
       FIG. 2A-2C  illustrate a processor equipped to make use of the security protocol described herein. The SPIRAL protocol provides, among other functionality, an independent recovery algorithm for processors without significant native non-volatile memory storage.  FIG. 2A  illustrates a processor  200  including processor cores  107  having an instruction set  109 , as well as other functionality (not shown) similar to that of a processor  102  shown in  FIG. 1 .  FIG. 2B  illustrates contents of secure fuses  202  within the processor  200 .  FIG. 2C  illustrates secure recovery of secrets for processor firmware. 
     As shown in  FIG. 2A , the processor  200  additionally includes a set of secure fuses  202 , a boot ROM  204 , and firmware  206 . The processor  200  can optionally include a cryptographic accelerator  210  that includes hardware logic to accelerate cryptographic operations used to enable independent recovery of security keys for the processor  200  after a firmware update. The cryptographic accelerator  210  can include a deterministic random number generator (DRNG  212 ), and logic to accelerate hash  214 , message authentication code (MAC  216 ), elliptic curve cryptography (ECC  218 ), and advanced encryption standard (AES  219 ) operations. Alternatively, functionality provided by the cryptographic accelerator  210  can be performed by the boot ROM  204  and/or firmware  206  using instructions within the instruction set  109  of the processor cores  107 . 
     The boot ROM  204  is the immutable root-of-trust for the system and has exclusive access to portions of the secure fuses  202 . The boot ROM  204  can be, for example, a microcode ROM for a CPU and/or a bootloader ROM for system firmware, such as a security and/or manageability engine or management engine BIOS extension. The firmware  206  is loaded by the boot ROM  204 . The firmware may be vulnerable, and it is versioned with a security version number (SVN). The processor vendor can release a firmware update having a higher SVN to fix security bugs in firmware having a lower SVN. The boot ROM  204  can read protected secrets that are bound to an SVN and pass those secrets to the firmware  206  for use. While the SVN can be incremented when security credentials of the processor should be updated or re-generated, a firmware update can occur without incrementing the SVN. 
     When the firmware  206  is updated, the SVN of the firmware is updated and the processor generates new key material based on the updated SVN. The new key material can be used to establish secure connections with any securely connected peripherals, which can also generate new material based on an update of the firmware SVN. The CA signature  226  is the signature of on the certificate that stores the touchstone values for use with each peripheral. In one embodiment, the processor firmware  206  can include the peripherals&#39; CA public key  224 . All peripherals&#39; firmware can include a hardcoded CA public key  424  to verify the CA signature  226 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 2B  secure fuses  202  within the processor  200  can include a seed  222  and a CA signature  226 . The seed  222  is accessible only to the root-of-trust on the processor  200  (e.g., boot ROM  204 ) and are blown during manufacture. The vendor of the processor can determine a maximum number nMax of SVNs that will be supported during the lifetime of the processor  200 . During production, the vendor&#39;s CA randomly generates a seed and writes the seed into the secure fuses  202  of the processor  200 . The processor can then use the seed and apply a one-way function repeatedly for (nMax+1) and reach touchstone t, which is a public value signed by the vendor&#39;s CA. The signature for the touchstone value can be verified using the CA public key  424  that is included in the peripherals. 
     As shown in  FIG. 2C , firmware  206  is loaded by boot ROM  204 . As the firmware may be vulnerable, the firmware is versioned with an SVN and may be updated. Existing formats of credentials, such as an X.509 certificate, cannot be efficiently implemented within a processor, as the recovery of X.509 certificates requires the provisioning of the new credential from external sources, which is not independent. Alternatively, credentials for all SVNs can be stored in fuses. However, such solution is not scalable to a large number of potential SVNs. Instead, the boot ROM  204  can retrieve the seed  222  and generate new secrets  205  to supply to the firmware  206 . The secrets are generated by the boot ROM based on the SVN of the firmware. 
     To implement a credential that is independently renewable upon firmware SVN upgrade, the credential must be generated by the ROM and it must be a function of the SVN. 
     Processor Credential Hash Chain 
       FIG. 3A-3C  illustrate processor credential hash chains, according to embodiments described herein.  FIG. 3A  illustrates a one-dimensional hash chain.  FIG. 3B  illustrates a two-dimensional hash chain.  FIG. 3C  illustrates a three-dimensional hash chain. The number of dimensions used for a hash chain increases the flexibility of the credential system. A two-dimensional hash chain enables support of multiple peripheral peers. A three dimensional hash chain allows those peripheral peers to have multiple SVNs. While hash chains are described, any chain of values generated by a secure one-way function can be used. 
     As shown in  FIG. 3A , and as described above, the processor vendor decides the maximum number (nMax) of SVNs to support in the lifetime of the processor. Starting from the seed value  302 , the boot ROM of the processor can apply a one-way function ƒ  304  repeatedly for (nMax+1) times and reach touchstone value  309 , which is a public value signed by the CA, where the CA&#39;s public key  424  is hardcoded within peripherals&#39; code. One-way function ƒ  304  can be a secure one-way function, such as a cryptographic hash function. In one embodiment, one-way function ƒ  304  is a variant of the secure hash algorithm (SHA). 
     Every node in the chain is the credential for firmware of a specific SVN=n, which can be denoted as SP_n. For example, SP_nMax is the credential for SVN=nMax  305  and is the final credential for a processor before the firmware can no longer be updated. Thus, nMax will be selected to be a sufficiently large number. From the credential of a higher-SVN, one can derive the credential of a lower SVN, but not the reverse. Thus, the credential for SVN=nMax-1  306  (SP_(nMax-1)) can be derived from the credential for SVN=nMax  305 . This chain can continue for each possible SVN value, though to the credential for SVN=1  308  (SP_1). Should firmware having SVN=1 be somehow compromised, this compromised firmware will not be able to generate credentials for successive firmware updates. 
     As shown in  FIG. 3B  a two-dimensional hash chain can be used to enable support of multiple peripheral peers. When establishing a secure session with a peer, the firmware sends its SVN n, SP_n, and its touchstone certificate to the peer (e.g., the peripheral). The peer first verifies the CA&#39;s signature on the touchstone, then performs iterative one-way (e.g., hash) operations, starting from SP_n, for n times. The peer successfully authenticates the firmware If and only if the result is equal to touchstone t. 
     To enable the two-dimensional hash chain, a different salt value  303 A- 303 C can be used when generating the credentials for each peer based on the seed value  302 . A dedicated hash chain is used for each peer to enable credential isolation, such that credentials for one compromised peer cannot be used to access the communications of other peers. SP_i_n can be used to denote the credential for peer i based on processor firmware SVN=n. SP_1_nMax  319 , SP_2_nMax  329 , and SP_3_nMax  339  represent the maximum credential version for each of the peers, which are each generated using the one-way function ƒ  304  based on the seed value  302  and an associated salt  303 A- 303 C. Although three peripherals are illustrated, the second dimension can be used to represent any number of peripherals. Successive credentials in each independent hash chain can be generated based on repeated application of the one-way function ƒ  304 . SP_1_(nMax-1)  319  can be repeatedly processed to arrive at credential SP_1_1  311 . SP_2_(nMax-1)  329  can be repeatedly processed to arrive at credential SP_2_1  321 . SP_3_(nMax-1)  339  can be repeatedly processed to arrive at credential SP_3_1  331 . Each credential can be further processed using one-way function ƒ  304  to arrive at touchstone values  310 ,  320 ,  330  for each hash chain. The touchstone values are known values that can be used by the boot ROM to verify the validity of the seed value  302  and one-way function ƒ. The peers can use the associated touchstone values  310 ,  320 ,  330  to verify the authenticity of the CPU firmware. In one embodiment, the firmware of the processor can generate a touchstone certificate  340  that includes the touchstone value  310 ,  320 ,  330  associated with each peripheral. The touchstone certificate can be signed by a CA, with the signature of the certificate (e.g., CA signature  226 ) stored in secure fuses. 
     The peripheral peers should be trusted before processor credentials are sent to the peers. Thus, each peer is authenticated with the processor before the peer specific processor credentials are sent to the peer. Additionally, the credentials are sent to the peer in an encrypted form that only the peer can decrypt. Furthermore, it may be desirable for the credentials used for communication between a processor and a peripheral be dependent based on the processor firmware SVN, but also the SVN of the peripheral or peripheral firmware. For example, if firmware on a peripheral is vulnerable and allows the leaking of supplied credentials, a new credential will be used for an updated peripheral SVN. In this scenario, a three-dimensional hash chain can be used, where credentials are determined based on peer i, processor SVN n, and peer SVN m, which can be denoted as SP_i_n_m. An exemplary three-dimensional hash chain is shown in  FIG. 3C . 
       FIG. 3C  shows an exemplary three-dimensional chain with three peers. The processor boot ROM passes SP_i_n_mMax (where mMax is the maximum SVN of the peer) specific to the processor firmware&#39;s SVN=n. The processor firmware runs iterative operations of the one-way function  304  starting from SP_i_n_mMax, for (mMax-m) times to reach SP_i_n_m, which is specific to the peer SVN=m. In this scenario, the boot ROM does not have knowledge of SVN=m for the peer. Thus, the boot ROM will pass SP_i_n_mMax to the firmware for each peripheral. Where processor nMax=3 and peer mMax=2, for processor firmware SVN=3, the boot ROM will pass credentials  353 , which include SP_1_3_2 for peer 1, SP_2_3_2 for peer 2, and SP_3_3_2 for peer three. For processor firmware SVN=2, the boot ROM will pass credentials  352 , which include SP_1_2_2 for peer 1, SP_2_2_2 for peer 2, and SP_3_2_2 for peer three. For processor firmware SVN=1, the boot ROM will pass credentials  351 , which include SP_1_1_2 for peer 1, SP_2_1_2 for peer 2, and SP_3_1_2 for peer three. The firmware can derive the appropriate credentials for the current peer SVN=m based on the SVN provided by the peer during initial registration. 
     To verify an SP, after receiving SP_i_n_m and the touchstone certificate  340  from the processor, peer i first verifies the certificate and extracts the touchstone value t i . The peer then iteratively performs the one-way function  304 , starting from SP_i_n_m, for (m+(n−1)*mMax) times, and checks whether the result matches touchstone value t i  (e.g., touchstone value  310  for peer 1, touchstone value  320  for peer 2, touchstone value  330  for peer 3). Although three peripherals are illustrated, the security protocol described herein is not limited to any specific number of peripherals. 
     Enabling the SPIRAL protocol on a processor and peer peripherals includes the use of a registration flow and an application flow. The registration flow runs when the processor and the peripheral communicate for the first time and upon firmware update with an SVN change on either or both of the processor and a peripheral. Thus, for a specific combination of processor SVN=n, peripheral SVN=m, the registration process only needs to execute once. Registration performs mutual authentication and results in a shared secret being stored by the Peripheral in non-volatile memory of the peripheral. Registration makes uses of asymmetric key cryptography. The application flow executes after the processor and peripheral have agreed on the shared secret in the registration flow. The application flow results in the generation of ephemeral session keys that are derived from the shared secret and nonces. The application flow does not use asymmetric key cryptography. 
     The shared secret between processor and peripheral is determined and derived by the processor. To prevent firmware rollback attacks, the derivation of shared secret includes the use of the processor firmware SVN. To handle the peripheral swapping scenario, the derivation of shared secret must include some unique characteristic if the peripheral, such as a device identifier or another characteristic that is unique to the specific peripheral. In one embodiment, the peripheral characteristic is a public key associated with the peripheral. The peripheral may also make use of a characteristic that is unique to the processor. 
       FIG. 4  illustrates a system  400  to enable registration between a processor and a peripheral using a credential hash chain, according to an embodiment. As discussed above, the processor  200 , includes secure fuses  202 , a boot ROM  204 , and firmware  206  having an SVN (SVN=n). The secure fuses  202  includes a seed  222  and a CA signature  226 . The firmware  206  on the processor  200  includes a certificate  403 , which can include the touchstone certificate  340  as in  FIG. 3B-3C . The peripheral  406  includes a firmware  408  having an SVN (SVN=m). The firmware  408  can include a peripheral certificate  407 , which includes a peripheral public key pPBK_m  409 . The peripheral public key pPBK_m  409  can be generated based on the peripheral  406  also include non-volatile memory (NVM  410 ) and read-only memory (ROM  420 ). The NVM  410  can be used to store data that is received or generated during the initial registration process. For example, the NVM  410  can store the SVN of the processor firmware  411  (SVN=n), the generated shared secret (SS  412 ), a unique processor characteristic (CC  413 ). The ROM  420  on the peripheral  406  includes a peripheral private key pPVK_m  421 . The hardcoded CA public key  424  is the CA public key of the processor and it can be the same as the CA public key  224  (if the same CA signs processor&#39;s certificate and peripherals&#39; certificates) within the firmware  206  of the processor  200 . In one embodiment, at least some of the data used by the ROM is retrieved from fuses  440  on the peripheral  406 . Some of the data used by the ROM can also be derived from a seed that is burned to a secure portion of the fuses. The seed may be burned to a portion of the fuses  440  that is accessible only by the ROM  420  of the peripheral  406 . Additionally, the peripheral private key pPVK_m  421  may be derived by the ROM  420  based on a stored seed and the SVN of the peripheral  406 . 
     The boot ROM  204 , which has exclusive access to the seed  222  within the secure fuses  202 , can read the seed value and generate a bound shared secret (SSn  401 ) using the seed value. The boot ROM  204  can receive the SVN of the firmware  206  or otherwise determine the SVN of the firmware. The boot ROM  204  then generates SSn  401  based on the SVN of the firmware (e.g., SSn=KDF(Seed, n)). The SSn  401  is bound to the SVN of the firmware and will be different for each SVN. SSn  401  is transmitted by the boot ROM  204  to the firmware  206 , along with credential SP_i_n_mMax. The firmware  206  can then generate a shared secret (SS=KDF(SSn, pPBK_m)), where which is based on SSn  401  received from the boot ROM  204  and pPBK_m is the public key associated with the peripheral that is received from the peripheral  406 . pPBK_m  409  can be used as the unique characteristic of the peripheral. The firmware  206  also generates SP_i_n_m  402  using the peripheral firmware SVN=m that is received from the peripheral  406 . 
     In one embodiment the registration process includes for the firmware  408  of the peripheral  406  first registration message  404  that is sent by the peripheral  406  to the processor  200 . The first registration message  404  includes value m, which is the SVN of the peripheral  406 , certificate  407 , and a nonce value (pNonce). The certificate  407  includes pPBK_m  409 , which firmware  206  can use to generate SS  412  (e.g., SS=KDF(SSn, pPBK_m)). Firmware  206  can authenticate the peripheral  406  by verifying the signature on certificate  407  using the CA public key  224 . Once the peripheral  406  is determined to be authentic, firmware  206  can generate credential SP_i_n_m  402  and send a second registration message  405  that is encrypted using pPBK_m  409 . The second registration message  405  can include, in encrypted form: certificate  403 ; credential SP_i_n_m  402 , which is based on peripheral id i, SVN=n of the processor  200 , and SVN=m of the peripheral  406 ; SS  412 ; and pNonce. The second registration message can also include the values of the peripheral id i, SVN value n, and SVN value m, which are used to derive SP_i_n_m  402 . 
       FIG. 5  illustrates method of registration between a peripheral and a processor, according to an embodiment. The method of  FIG. 5  can be performed by firmware on the processor and firmware, or other logic, on the peripheral. In  FIG. 5  and the associated description, the processor is referred to generally as a central processing unit (CPU), although the techniques described are not limited to any specific type of processor and can be implemented within other types of processors, such as a graphics processor, MIC processor, or FPGA. As a prerequisite to the operations, peripheral firmware SVN=m has a private key pPVK_m (e.g., pPVK_m  421  of  FIG. 4 ) received from peripheral ROM and a peripheral certificate PeripheralCert (e.g., certificate  407  of  FIG. 4 ), which includes peripheral public key pPBK_m (e.g., pPBK_m  409  of  FIG. 4 ). Additionally, CPU firmware SVN=n has SP_i_n_mMax from the boot ROM of the CPU and CpuCert, which is a CPU certificate (e.g., certificate  403  of  FIG. 4 ) generated by the firmware that the touchstone certificate  340  described above. The CPU firmware also has SSn (e.g., SSn  401 ), which is received from the boot ROM of the CPU. 
     In one embodiment, the registration method can include for the peripheral to generate a randomized value pNonce (block  501 ). The peripheral constructs message a first registration message RA1 (e.g., registration message  404  as in  FIG. 4 ) by concatenating m, PeripheralCert, and pNonce (block  503 ). The peripheral then sends RA1 to the CPU. 
     The CPU verifies the CA&#39;s signature on PeripheralCert using the CA public key (block  505 ). The CA public key can be the hardcoded CA public key  224  within the firmware  206  of the processor  200 , as described above. The CPU can identify the peripheral from PeripheralCert (block  507 ), where the peripheral identifier is data value i. The CPU can extract the peripheral public key for SVN=m and pPBK_m from PeripheralCert (block  509 ) and calculate SP_i_n_m from SP_i_n_mMax and m (block  511 ). The CPU can then calculate SS from SSn and pPBK_m (block  513 ). The CPU then constructs message RA2 (e.g., registration message  405  as in  FIG. 4 ) by encrypting the concatenation of CpuCert, i, n, m, SP_i_n_m, SS, and pNonce using pPBK_m as a key (block  515 ). The CPU then sends RA2 to the peripheral. 
     The peripheral can then decrypt RA2 using pPVK_m and acquire CpuCert, i, n, m, SP_i_n_m, SS and pNonce (block  517 ). The peripheral can then verify that the pNonce is correct (block  519 ). Once verified, the peripheral reads the stored_CPU_SVN from NVM and compares the stored_CPU_SVN and value n (block  521 ). The comparison is to detect a rollback attack in which the CPU firmware was downgraded to a lower SVN. If the stored_CPU_SVN has no value, the peripheral will save n in stored_CPU_SVN (block  523 ). If the stored_CPU_SVN&lt;n, the peripheral will update stored_CPU_SVN to value n (block  525 ). If the stored_CPU_SVN&gt;n, then a rollback attack is detected (block  527 ). The peripheral will then halt the registration operations in response to detection of a rollback attack to prevent registering with a potentially compromised CPU. 
     The peripheral can then proceed to verify the CA signature on the CpuCert using a hardcoded CA public key (e.g., CA public key  424 ) within the peripheral (block  529 ). The peripheral can then extract touchstone t i  from CpuCert (block  531 ) and verify SP_i_n_m against t i  (block  533 ) by repeated application of the one-way function. If SP_i_n_m is verified, the peripheral can save SS in stored_SS (e.g., SS  412  as in  FIG. 4 ) (block  535 ). The peripheral can then save (i∥t i ) in the stored_CC (e.g., CC  413  as in  FIG. 4 ) (block  537 ). The failure of any one of the above operations results in the abortion of the registration flow. 
     On-Die Certificate Chain for Processors 
     The credential hash chain can be used on a processor that lacks native support for functionality such as non-volatile memory or network connectivity. The peripheral device, which may not have such limitations, can make use of on die-certificates. However, when a credential hash chain is used on a processor, the number of peripherals that can be securely paired with the processor, as well as the maximum number of firmware SVNs, is determined at the time of manufacturing for the processor. In one embodiment, a technique is provided in which a processor can also be configured to also make use of on-die certificates, which overcomes the extendibility limitations of the credential hash chain, at the cost of greater computational expense. 
     In such embodiment, the random seed in the secure fuses is used to derive an ECC or RSA private key that is served as the ROM CA private key. The corresponding ROM CA public key in a ROM CA certificate is signed by the vendor&#39;s root CA and the signature is written to fuses within the processor. The ROM derives the SPIRAL protocol private key from the seed and firmware SVN. For each SVN a different protocol private key will be generated, enabling independent credential renewal upon firmware SVN update. The ROM derives a protocol public key from the private key, constructs a protocol certificate, and signs the protocol certificate with the ROM CA private key. The protocol private key and the protocol certificate are passed to firmware. 
     During session establishment, the firmware sends the certificate chain (ROM CA certificate and protocol certificate) to the peer. The peer first verifies the ROM CA certificate using hardcoded vendor root CA public key, and then uses the ROM CA public key to verify the protocol certificate provided by the processor. Once data from the processor is verified, the peer takes the subject public key of the processor firmware certificate to set up secure session with the peripheral. While the use of an on-die certificate chain is more computationally expensive, use of the on-die certificate chain removes the restriction on number of peripherals and the maximum SVN of peripherals. 
       FIG. 6  illustrates a system  600  to enable registration between a processor and a peripheral using an on-die certificate chain, according to an embodiment. The system  600  includes a processor  660  that may be substantially similar in operation as processors  102  and processor  200  described herein and can include similar components. Processor  660  includes secure fuses  620 , which store a seed  622  accessible only to the boot ROM  602 . The secure fuses  620  can also store a ROM certificate signature  623 . A peripheral&#39;s CA public key  624  can be stored in the firmware  606  on the processor  660 . The boot ROM  602  includes a ROM CA private key  603  and a ROM CA certificate  604 . The ROM CA certificate  604  includes a ROM CA public key  605 . The seed  622  in the secure fuses  620  is used to derive the ROM CA private key  603  of asymmetric crypto schemes such as but not limited to an ECC or RSA. The ROM CA public key  605  in the ROM CA certificate  604  is signed by the vendor&#39;s root CA to generate the ROM certificate signature  623 , which is written to the secure fuses  620 . The boot ROM  602  derives the protocol private key for the processor (e.g., processor private key  608 ) from the seed  622  and firmware SVN. For each SVN a different processor private key  608  will be generated, enabling independent credential renewal upon firmware SVN update. The boot ROM  602  derives the protocol public key for the processor (processor public key  610 ) from the ROM CA private key  603 , constructs a protocol certificate (processor certificate  609 ), and signs the protocol certificate with the ROM CA private key  603 . The processor private key  608  and the processor certificate  609  (which includes the processor public key  610 ) are then passed to the firmware  606 . As with the hash chain described above, the boot ROM  602  can also derive an SSn  601  to supply to the firmware  606 , which can also be used to generate a shared secret to be stored by the peripheral  616  (e.g., SS  655 ). 
     The peripheral  616  can include similar components as peripheral  406  of  FIG. 4 . The firmware  618  of the peripheral has an SVN (SVN=m) and stores a certificate  617  that includes a peripheral public key pPBK_m  619 . The firmware  618  can also include a hardcoded processor&#39;s CA public key  632 , which can be the same as the peripheral&#39;s CA public key  624 . NVM  650  can be used to store the SVN of the processor  660  (e.g., SVN=n), along with the shared secret (SS  655 ) generated during registration. A unique processor characteristic (CC  656 ) can also be stored in the NVM  650 . The ROM  630  of the peripheral  616  includes a peripheral private key (pPVK_m  631 ). Additionally peripheral private key pPVK_m  631  may be generated by the ROM  630  based on a seed stored in the fuses  640  and the firmware SVN m. The ROM  630  may then generate peripheral public key pPBK_m  619  based on pPVK_m  631 . 
     Peripheral  616  uses a different registration and validation process, relative to the processor credential hash chain, when the on-die certificate chain is in use. In one embodiment the peripheral  616  and the processor  660  can exchange four registration messages (RM  611 ,  612 ,  613 ,  614 ) to enable mutual authentication and registration. Details of the registration process for the one-die certificate chain are shown in  FIG. 7A-7B . 
       FIG. 7A-7B  illustrates a method of registration between a processor and a peripheral using an on-die certificate chain, according to an embodiment. In one embodiment the processor and the peripheral can use Diffie-Hellman key exchange as part of the registration process. In one embodiment, elliptic curve Diffie-Hellman is used. In  FIGs. 7A-7B  and the associated description, the processor is referred to generally as a central processing unit (CPU), although the techniques described are not limited to any specific type of processor and can be implemented within other types of processors, such as a graphics processor, MIC processor, or FPGA. In the description below a∥b indicates to concatenate data string b after a, (a)k1 indicates ciphertext of plaintext an encrypted using key k1, and [a]k2 indicates a∥MAC (message authentication code) of a using key M. 
     As shown in  FIG. 7A , to begin the method the peripheral can randomly generate a Diffie-Hellman private key, a randomized integer value a (block  701 ). The peripheral can then calculate g{circumflex over ( )}a, where g is a well-known base, and send g{circumflex over ( )}a as message RB1 (e.g., RM1  611  of  FIG. 6 ) to the CPU (e.g., processor  660 ) (block  703 ). Well-known base g, in one embodiment, can be an ECC generator base point. The CPU can randomly generate Diffie-Hellman private key, randomized integer b (block  705 ). The CPU then calculates (g{circumflex over ( )}a){circumflex over ( )}b=g{circumflex over ( )}(ab) and derives encryption key SK and integrity key MK from g{circumflex over ( )}(ab) (block  707 ). The CPU can then sign (g{circumflex over ( )}b∥g{circumflex over ( )}a) using cPVK_n  608 , which results in CpuSig(g{circumflex over ( )}b∥g{circumflex over ( )}a) (block  709 ). The CPU can then calculate the MAC of CpuCert using integrity key MK, which results in [CpuCert]MK (block  711 ). The CPU then constructs message RB2 (e.g., RM  612  of  FIG. 6 ) by concatenating g{circumflex over ( )}b, [n∥CpuCert]MK, and CpuSig(g{circumflex over ( )}b∥g{circumflex over ( )}a) and sends RB2 to Peripheral, where n is the CPU SVN (block  713 ). 
     The peripheral then verifies CpuCert and extracts cPBK_n  610  (block  715 ). The peripheral can further verify CpuSig(g{circumflex over ( )}b∥g{circumflex over ( )}a) using cPBK_n (block  717 ). The peripheral can then calculate (g{circumflex over ( )}b){circumflex over ( )}a=g{circumflex over ( )}(ab) and derive encryption key SK and integrity key MK from g{circumflex over ( )}(ab) (block  718 ). The peripheral can then verify the MAC of CpuCert using MK (block  719 ). The peripheral can read the stored_CPU_SVN from NVM and compare the stored_CPU_SVN and n to detect a rollback attack where the CPU firmware was downgraded to a lower SVN (block  721 ). If the stored_CPU_SVN has no value, the peripheral can save n in stored_CPU_SVN (e.g., proc SVN  651  of  FIG. 6 ) (block  723 ). If the stored_CPU_SVN&lt;n, the peripheral can update the stored_CPU_SVN to n. However, if the stored_CPU_SVN&gt;n, a rollback attack has been detected and the method will halt (block  727 ). Operations then proceed to  FIG. 7B . 
     As shown in  FIG. 7B , the peripheral can sign (g{circumflex over ( )}a∥g{circumflex over ( )}b) using pPVK_m  631 , which results in PeripheralSig(g{circumflex over ( )}a∥g{circumflex over ( )}b) (block  729 ). The peripheral then calculates the MAC of PeripheralCert using integrity key MK, which results in [PeripheralCert]MK (block  731 ). The peripheral constructs message RB3 (e.g., RM  613  of  FIG. 6 ) by concatenating [PeripheralCert]MK and PeripheralSig(g{circumflex over ( )}a∥g{circumflex over ( )}b) and sends RB3 to the CPU (block  733 ). 
     The CPU can verify PeripheralCert and extract pPBK_m ( 735 ). The CPU then verifies PeripheralSig(g{circumflex over ( )}a∥g{circumflex over ( )}b) using pPBK_m (block  737 ). The CPU then verifies the MAC of (PeripheralCert) using integrity key MK (block  739 ). The CPU then calculates SS from SSn and pPBK_m (block  741 ). The CPU can then encrypt SS with SK, resulting in (SS)SK, and calculates the MAC on (SS)SK, resulting in [(SS)SK]MK (block  743 ). The CPU then sends message RB4=[(SS)SK]MK to the peripheral, where RB4 is RM  614  of  FIG. 6  (block  745 ). 
     The peripheral then verifies MAC of [(SS)SK]MK using integrity key MK, decrypts (SS)SK using SK, and acquires SS (block  747 ). The peripheral saves SS in stored_SS (block  749 ), where stored_SS is, for example, SS  655  of  FIG. 6 . The peripheral also saves cPBK_n in stored_CC (block  751 ), where stored_CC is, for example, CC  656  of  FIG. 6 . The failure of any one of the above operations results in the abortion of the registration flow. 
     Consolidated Certificate 
     In some embodiments, in addition to the credential hash chain and on-die certificate techniques, a consolidated certificate can be used. The consolidated certificate contains mMax public keys, one for each firmware SVN. The CA generates mMax private keys using ECC or RSA from a random seed blown into secure fuses and mMax different SVN values. The CA can sign the mMax public keys in the consolidated certificate, with the signature also blown to the secure fuses. The ROM can derive the private key from the seed in fuses and the loaded firmware SVN. Independent recovery of credentials upon SVN update is achieved as the private key output from ROM to firmware is based on the firmware&#39;s SVN. Other (mMax-1) private keys are not disclosed to the firmware. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
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     As shown in Table 1 above, the size of a consolidated certificate is proportional to mMax and can become very large. To address the size issue, an optimized consolidated certificate builds a Merkle hash tree with the mMax public keys, where neighboring two nodes are concatenated and hashed. The CA can then sign the root of the tree at top. To use a specific public key in a secure session, only the public key itself and select nodes in the Merkle tree are sent to the peer, which significantly reduces the amount of data transmission for the Peripheral&#39;s consolidated certificate. The consolidated certificate technique can be used by a processor or firmware. 
     Application Flow 
     The application flow between a processor and a peripheral is similar whether credential hash chains or on-die certificates are used for registration between the processor and the peripheral. Credentials resulting from the registration process can be used to generate ephemeral keys that are used to secure communications between a processor and a securely connected peripheral. 
       FIG. 8A-8B  illustrate secure communication message flow and system, according to embodiments.  FIG. 8A  illustrates a message exchanged during establishment and operation of an application flow for secure messaging between a processor and peripherals.  FIG. 8B  illustrates a system in which peripherals are securely connected to a processor. 
     As shown in  FIG. 8A , a processor  802  and a peripheral  804  can establish a secure communication session by mutually authenticating one another via credentials that are generated and stored during registration. The credentials are specific to the SVN of the firmware on the processor and peripheral. The credentials can be used to compute a set of ephemeral keys that are used secure and authenticate messages via symmetric key cryptography. Before application flow operations begin, the peripheral  804  can ensure that the peripheral firmware has validly read stored_CC, stored CPU_SVN, and stored_SS values from non-volatile memory. If any of these values are missing the peripheral may re-run registration. Furthermore, the peripheral firmware will retrieve public key pPBK_m from peripheral ROM. Firmware on the processor  802  will have stored either a touchstone certificate storing touchstone values for each peripheral, or a certificate including public key cPBK_n received from the boot ROM of the processor. The processor  802  will also have value SSn, received from the boot ROM of the processor, which is dependent upon the SVN of the processor firmware. 
     The peripheral  804  can construct a first message A1 by concatenating stored values CC, CPU_SVN, and pPBK_m, with a randomly generated nonce value pNonce. The stored values are the stored values illustrated in the peripherals above (e.g., CC  413 , processor SVN  411 , pPBK_m  409  of peripheral  406  as in  FIG. 4 ; CC  656 , processor SVN  651 , pPBK_m  619  of peripheral  616  as in  FIG. 6 ). The peripheral then sends A1  801  to the processor  802 . Message A1 enables the security protocol described herein to work with NVM-less processors. The transmitted elements in message A1  801  prompts the processor to reconstruct the correct shared secret (e.g., SS  412 ; SS  655 ) previously sent to the peripheral  804  during registration. The processor  802  can also verify that the CC value matches t i  if credential hash chains are in use on the processor  802  or cPBK_n if on-die certificates are in use on the processor  802 . A mismatch implies that the processor has been swapped and the registration process should be re-run. 
     If the CC value matches, the processor  802  can randomly generate a nonce value cNonce and calculates integrity key cMK from SS and pNonce. The processor  802  can then calculate a MAC of cNonce using cMK ([cNonce]cMK) to generate message A2. The processor then sends message A2 to the peripheral  804 . The peripheral  804  can then calculate cMK from SS and pNonce and verifies the MAC of cNonce using cMK. If cNonce is valid, the peripheral  804  and the processor  802  can enter into secure communication. Messages can be encrypted via encryption keys pSK and cSK. Messages can be authenticated and protected via pMK and cMK. The processor  802  and peripheral  804  calculate cMK to send and authenticate message A2. The processor  802  and the peripheral  804  can additionally compute: pSK from SS and cNonce; cSK from SS and pNonce; and pMK from SS and cNonce. This set of ephemeral keys can be used to protect application messages exchanged between the processor  802  and the peripheral  804  without directly using SS. For example, the peripheral  804  can secure application messages by encrypting the messages using encryption key pSK, with a MAC of the encrypted message computed based on integrity key pMK, as indicated by the notation [(Peripheral&#39;s Application Messages)pSK]pMK. The processor  802  can decrypt and authenticate the received message via pSK and pMK. The processor  802  can send application messages to the peripheral by encrypting the messages using encryption key cSK, with a MAC of the encrypted message computed based on integrity key cMK, as indicated by the notation [(CPU&#39;s Application Messages)cSK]cMK. The peripheral  804  can decrypt and authenticate the received message via cSK and cMK. The ephemeral keys can be renewed by rerunning the Application flow every certain period of time or amount of usage. The application flow for the processor  802  and the peripheral  804  is described in further detail in  FIG. 9 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 8B , the processor  802  can be a central processing unit (CPU) configured to establish secure communications with multiple peripherals, such as but not limited to a non-volatile memory controller (NVM controller  810 ), a trusted platform module (TPM  820 ), a converged security and management engine (CSME  830 ), and/or a secure I/O controller  840 , such as but not limited to a Thunderbolt, peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe), or universal serial bus (USB) controller that is configured to security communicate with the CPU. 
       FIG. 9  illustrates operations of an application flow between a processor and a peripheral, according to an embodiment. The application flow is performed after registration operations are performed to generate processor and peripheral credentials and a shared secret. The processor and peripheral credentials are used to generate encryption and message integrity keys that are used to secure application messages. While the processor is referred to as a CPU below, operations are not limited to a central processing unit, and other types of processors may use the techniques described herein. 
     To initiate operations, the peripheral can generate a randomized nonce value pNonce (block  901 ). The peripheral can then construct message A1 by concatenating stored_CC, stored_CPU_SVN, pPBK_m, and pNonce and send A1 to CPU (block  903 ). Receipt of elements stored_CC, stored_CPU_SVN, and pPBK_m prompts the CPU to reconstruct the correct SS previously sent to the peripheral during registration. The CPU then checks that stored_CC matches t i  (for credential-hash chain) or cPBK_n (for on-die certificate) (block  905 ). A mismatch implies that the CPU has been swapped and the CPU should signal the peripheral to re-run the registration process. 
     If stored_CC matches t i , the CPU calculates SS from SSn and pPBK_m (block  907 ). The CPU can then generate randomized nonce value cNonce (block  909 ). The CPU then calculates cMK from SS and pNonce (block  911 ). If required by application messages, the CPU calculates cSK from SS and pNonce (block  913 ). If required by application messages, the CPU calculates pMK from SS and cNonce (block  915 ). If required by application messages, the CPU calculates pSK from SS and cNonce (block  917 ). The CPU calculates MAC of cNonce using cMK, which results in message A2:[cNonce]cMK, and sends A2 to the peripheral (block  919 ). 
     At the peripheral, the peripheral can calculate cMK from SS and pNonce (block  921 ). The peripheral then verifies MAC of cNonce using cMK (block  923 ). If required by application messages, the peripheral calculates cSK from SS and pNonce (block  925 ). If required by application messages, the peripheral calculates pMK from SS and cNonce (block  927 ). If required by application messages, the peripheral calculates pSK from SS and cNonce (block  929 ). Depending on the configuration, the application messages may not require encryption or message integrity authentication, so one or more of cSK, pMK, or pSK may not be generated if not required. Even if encryption and/or message integrity authentication are disabled, the CPU and the peripheral can benefit from the mutual authentication performed at the beginning of the application flow. 
       FIG. 10  illustrates a computing device  1000  in accordance with one implementation. Computing device  1000  houses a system board  1002 . The board  1002  may include a number of components, including but not limited to a processor  1003  and at least one communication package  1006 . The communication package is coupled to one or more antennas  1016 . The processor  1003  is physically and electrically coupled to the board  1002 . 
     The processor can be in communication with a peripheral  1004 , which can be, for example, a security module or a trusted platform module. As described above, the processor  1003  and peripheral  1004  can each include fuses having security credentials burned therein. The peripheral can also include non-volatile memory  1005 . 
     Depending on its applications, computing device  1000  may include other components that may or may not be physically and electrically coupled to the board  1002 . These other components include, but are not limited to, volatile memory (e.g., DRAM)  1008 , non-volatile memory (e.g., ROM)  1009 , flash memory (not shown), a graphics processor  1012 , a digital signal processor (not shown), a crypto processor (not shown), a chipset  1014 , an antenna  1016 , a display  1018  such as a touchscreen display, a touchscreen controller  1020 , a battery  1022 , an audio codec (not shown), a video codec (not shown), a power amplifier  1024 , a global positioning system (GPS) device  1026 , a compass  1028 , an accelerometer (not shown), a gyroscope (not shown), a speaker  1030 , cameras  1032 , a microphone array  1034 , and a mass storage device (such as hard disk drive)  1010 , compact disk (CD) (not shown), digital versatile disk (DVD) (not shown), and so forth). These components may be connected to the system board  1002 , mounted to the system board, or combined with any of the other components. 
     The communication package  1006  enables wireless and/or wired communications for the transfer of data to and from the computing device  1000 . The term “wireless” and its derivatives may be used to describe circuits, devices, systems, methods, techniques, communications channels, etc., that may communicate data through the use of modulated electromagnetic radiation through a non-solid medium. The term does not imply that the associated devices do not contain any wires, although in some embodiments they might not. The communication package  1006  may implement any of a number of wireless or wired standards or protocols, including but not limited to Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11 family), WiMAX (IEEE 802.16 family), IEEE 802.20, long term evolution (LTE), Ev-DO, HSPA+, HSDPA+, HSUPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, CDMA, TDMA, DECT, Bluetooth, Ethernet derivatives thereof, as well as any other wireless and wired protocols that are designated as 3 G, 4 G, 5 G, and beyond. The computing device  1000  may include a plurality of communication packages  1006 . For instance, a first communication package  1006  may be dedicated to shorter range wireless communications such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and a second communication package  1006  may be dedicated to longer range wireless communications such as GPS, EDGE, GPRS, CDMA, WiMAX, LTE, Ev-DO, and others. 
     The cameras  1032  including any depth sensors or proximity sensor are coupled to an optional image processor  1036  to perform conversions, analysis, noise reduction, comparisons, depth or distance analysis, image understanding and other processes as described herein. The processor  1003  is coupled to the image processor to drive the process with interrupts, set parameters, and control operations of image processor and the cameras. Image processing may instead be performed in the processor  1003 , the graphics processor  1012 , the cameras  1032 , or in any other device. 
     In various implementations, the computing device  1000  may be a laptop, a netbook, a notebook, an Ultrabook, a smartphone, a tablet, a personal digital assistant (PDA), an ultra-mobile PC, a mobile phone, a desktop computer, a server, a set-top box, an entertainment control unit, a digital camera, a portable music player, or a digital video recorder. The computing device may be fixed, portable, or wearable. In further implementations, the computing device  1000  may be any other electronic device that processes data or records data for processing elsewhere. 
     Embodiments are implemented using one or more memory chips, controllers, CPUs (Central Processing Unit), microchips or integrated circuits interconnected using a motherboard, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), and/or a field programmable gate array (FPGA). The term “logic” may include, by way of example, software or hardware and/or combinations of software and hardware. 
     References to “one embodiment”, “an embodiment”, “example embodiment”, “various embodiments”, etc., indicate that the embodiment(s) so described may include particular features, structures, or characteristics, but not every embodiment necessarily includes the particular features, structures, or characteristics. Further, some embodiments may have some, all, or none of the features described for other embodiments. 
     In the following description and claims, the term “coupled” along with its derivatives, may be used. “Coupled” is used to indicate that two or more elements co-operate or interact with each other, but they may or may not have intervening physical or electrical components between them. 
     As used in the claims, unless otherwise specified, the use of the ordinal adjectives “first”, “second”, “third”, etc., to describe a common element, merely indicate that different instances of like elements are being referred to, and are not intended to imply that the elements so described must be in a given sequence, either temporally, spatially, in ranking, or in any other manner. 
     Embodiments may be provided, for example, as a computer program product which may include one or more transitory or non-transitory machine-readable storage media having stored thereon machine-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more machines such as a computer, network of computers, or other electronic devices, may result in the one or more machines carrying out operations in accordance with embodiments described herein. A machine-readable medium may include, but is not limited to, floppy diskettes, optical disks, CD-ROMs (Compact Disc-Read Only Memories), and magneto-optical disks, ROMs, RAMs, EPROMs (Erasable Programmable Read Only Memories), EEPROMs (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memories), magnetic or optical cards, flash memory, or other type of media/machine-readable medium suitable for storing machine-executable instructions. 
     The following clauses and/or examples pertain to specific embodiments or examples thereof. Specifics in the examples may be used anywhere in one or more embodiments. The various features of the different embodiments or examples may be variously combined with some features included and others excluded to suit a variety of different applications. Examples may include subject matter such as a method, means for performing acts of the method, at least one machine-readable medium including instructions that, when performed by a machine cause the machine to perform acts of the method, or of an apparatus or system according to embodiments and examples described herein. Various components can be a means for performing the operations or functions described. 
     One embodiment provides for an apparatus comprising a peripheral including a first set of secure fuses having a first credential burned therein and a processor including a second set of secure fuses having a second credential burned thereon. The firmware on the processor is to receive, from the peripheral, a first security attribute derived from the first credential, derive a shared secret based on the first security attribute and a second security attribute derived from the second credential, and transmit the shared secret to the peripheral. The peripheral can include a non-volatile that is used to store the shared secret. The processor can derive the shared secret during a first power cycle. During a second power cycle, the peripheral can prompt the processor to re-derive the shared secret. The processor and the peripheral can each generate a set of ephemeral session keys from the shared secret and one or more nonces. The set of ephemeral session keys can be used to enable symmetric encryption and message authentication of messages between the processor and the peripheral. The set of ephemeral session keys can include one or more message integrity keys and/or one or more encryption keys. In one embodiment the peripheral includes a security engine. In one embodiment the peripheral includes a trusted platform module. In one embodiment the peripheral includes a non-volatile memory controller. In one embodiment the peripheral includes a secure I/O controller, such as a Thunderbolt controller of a PCIe controller. 
     In one embodiment the peripheral includes a read-only memory (ROM) and a firmware. The ROM is can read the first credential from the first set of secure fuses, derive the first security attribute from the first credential and a security version number of the firmware of the peripheral, and provide the first security attribute to the firmware. The peripheral firmware can provide a certificate to the processor, the certificate including the first security attribute. In one embodiment the certificate is signed by a certificate authority and a public key of the certificate authority is hardcoded in the peripheral. The public key of the certificate authority can be stored in the first set of secure fuses. 
     In one embodiment the processor includes a read-only memory (ROM). The ROM can read the second credential from the second set of secure fuses, derive the second security attribute from the second credential and a security version number of the firmware of the processor, and provide the second security attribute to the firmware of the processor. The firmware of the processor can store a certificate including a signature of a certificate authority and a public key of the certificate authority is hardcoded in the processor. The public key of the certificate authority can be stored in the second set of secure fuses. 
     One embodiment provides for a method comprising reading, by instructions loaded from read-only memory of a processor, a seed value from a set of secure fuses on the processor, the seed value accessible only to the instructions loaded from the read-only memory, determining a security version number of firmware on the processor, where the firmware of the processor is updatable, generating one or more credentials based on the seed value and the security version number of the firmware, and providing the one or more credentials to the firmware on the processor, the firmware to derive a shared secret based on the one or more credentials. The method additionally comprises determining a first security version number of the firmware of the processor during a first boot, generating a first version of the one or more credentials based on the first security version number, determining a second security version number of the firmware of the processor during a second boot, the firmware of the processor having been updated between the first boot and the second boot, and generating a second version of the one or more credentials based on the second security version number. 
     One embodiment provides for a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions for execution by a processor, the instructions loaded from a read-only memory of the processor. The instructions cause the processor to perform operations comprising the method described above. 
     One embodiment provides for a method of registering a peripheral with a processor to enable establishment of a secured communication channel between the peripheral and the processor. The method comprises transmitting a registration message from the peripheral to the processor over a system interconnect bus, the registration message including a peripheral certificate; receiving a shared secret from the processor in response to the registration message, the shared secret derived from a public key within the peripheral certificate; storing the shared secret in non-volatile memory of the peripheral; generating a set of ephemeral session keys from the shared secret; and establishing the secured communication channel with the processor over the system interconnect bus via the set of ephemeral session keys. The value of the shared secret is based on a security version number of a firmware within the peripheral. The value of the shared secret can also be based on the security version number of the firmware within the processor. The public key within the peripheral certificate is derived based on a security version number of firmware within the peripheral. Additionally, the set of ephemeral session keys can include one or more of an encryption key and a message integrity key. 
     One embodiment provides for a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions for execution by a peripheral to cause the peripheral to perform operations comprising the method described above. 
     In a further embodiment, the method additionally comprises reading, via instructions from a read-only memory in the peripheral, a seed stored in secure fuses of the peripheral; deriving a private key based on the seed and a security version number of firmware within the peripheral; deriving the public key based on the private key; and adding the public key to the peripheral certificate. The method can additionally comprise receiving a processor credential at the peripheral, the processor credential derived by the processor based on the security version number of the firmware within the processor; iteratively applying a one-way function to the processor credential to arrive at a touchstone value; and comparing the touchstone value to a known touchstone value to authenticate the processor. 
     One embodiment provides a method of registering a processor with a peripheral to enable establishment of a secured communication channel between the processor and the peripheral. The method comprises receiving, at a processor firmware, a processor credential from a boot ROM of the processor, the processor credential generated based on a security version number of the firmware; receiving a registration message from the peripheral via a system interconnect bus, the registration message including a peripheral certificate; verifying a signature on the peripheral certificate using a public key hardcoded within the processor; generating a shared secret based on a peripheral public key within the peripheral certificate; transmitting the shared secret and the processor credential to the peripheral, the processor credential to enable authentication of the processor by the peripheral; generating a set of ephemeral session keys from the shared secret; and establishing the secured communication channel with the peripheral over the system interconnect bus via the set of ephemeral session keys. The value of the peripheral public key can be based on a security version number of firmware within the peripheral. The value of the shared secret is based on the security version number of the processor firmware. The value of the shared secret can be additionally based on the security version number of the firmware within the peripheral. Additionally, the set of ephemeral session keys can include one or more of an encryption key and a message integrity key. 
     The drawings and the forgoing description give examples of embodiments. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that one or more of the described elements may well be combined into a single functional element. Alternatively, certain elements may be split into multiple functional elements. Elements from one embodiment may be added to another embodiment. For example, orders of processes described herein may be changed and are not limited to the manner described herein. Moreover, the actions of any flow diagram need not be implemented in the order shown; nor do all of the acts necessarily need to be performed. Also, those acts that are not dependent on other acts may be performed in parallel with the other acts. The scope of embodiments is by no means limited by these specific examples. Numerous variations, whether explicitly given in the specification or not, such as differences in structure, dimension, and use of material, are possible. The scope of embodiments is at least as broad as given by the following claims.