Security of Prime Field Pairing Cryptoprocessor Against Differential Power Attack

Santosh Ghosh; Debdeep Mukhopadhyay; Dipanwita Roy Chowdhury

Paper 2011/181

Security of Prime Field Pairing Cryptoprocessor Against Differential Power Attack

Santosh Ghosh, Debdeep Mukhopadhyay, and Dipanwita Roy Chowdhury

Abstract

This paper deals with the differential power attack on a pairing cryptoprocessor. The cryptoprocessor is designed for pairing computations on elliptic curves defined over finite fields with large prime characteristic. The work pinpoints the vulnerabilities of such pairing computations against side-channel attacks. By exploiting the power consumptions, the paper experimentally demonstrates such vulnerability on FPGA platform. A suitable counteracting technique is also suggested to overcome such vulnerability.

Metadata

Available format(s): PDF PS
Category: Implementation
Publication info: Published elsewhere. Unknown where it was published
Keywords: Pairing Based Cryptography Side-channel Analysis Power Analysis Attack DPA Attack Prime Fields.
Contact author(s): santosh ghosh @ gmail com
History: 2011-04-08: received
Short URL: https://ia.cr/2011/181
License: CC BY

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2011/181,
      author = {Santosh Ghosh and Debdeep Mukhopadhyay and Dipanwita Roy Chowdhury},
      title = {Security of Prime Field Pairing Cryptoprocessor Against Differential Power Attack},
      howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2011/181},
      year = {2011},
      url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2011/181}
}