Paper 2006/482
Countermeasures for the Simple Branch Prediction Analysis
Giovanni Agosta and Gerardo Pelosi
Abstract
Branch Prediction Analysis has been proposed as an attack method to obtain key bits from a cryptographic application. In this report, we put forth several solutions to avoid or prevent this attack. The reported countermeasures require only minimal hardware support that is commonly available in modern superscalar processors.
Note: This report synthetizes a series of observations on "On the Power of Simple Branch Prediction Analysis" by Aciicmez, Koc and Seifert.
Metadata
- Available format(s)
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PDF
PS
- Category
- Implementation
- Publication info
- Published elsewhere. Unknown where it was published
- Keywords
- Branch Prediction Analysiscountermeasuresside channel analysis
- Contact author(s)
- pelosi @ elet polimi it
- History
- 2006-12-24: received
- Short URL
- https://ia.cr/2006/482
- License
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CC BY
BibTeX
@misc{cryptoeprint:2006/482,
author = {Giovanni Agosta and Gerardo Pelosi},
title = {Countermeasures for the Simple Branch Prediction Analysis},
howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2006/482},
year = {2006},
url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2006/482}
}
