Paper 2011/254
Using the Cloud to Determine Key Strengths
T. Kleinjung, A. K. Lenstra, D. Page, and N. P. Smart
Abstract
We develop a new methodology to assess cryptographic key strength using cloud computing, by calculating the true economic cost of (symmetric- or private-) key retrieval for the most common cryptographic primitives. Although the present paper gives the current costs, more importantly it provides the tools and infrastructure to derive new data points at any time in the future, while allowing for improvements such as of new algorithmic approaches. Over time the resulting data points will provide valuable insight in the selection of cryptographic key sizes.
Note: Update analysis with 2012 Amazon prices
Metadata
- Available format(s)
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PDF
- Category
- Implementation
- Publication info
- Published elsewhere. Unknown where it was published
- Contact author(s)
- nigel @ cs bris ac uk
- History
- 2012-05-17: last of 2 revisions
- 2011-05-25: received
- See all versions
- Short URL
- https://ia.cr/2011/254
- License
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CC BY
BibTeX
@misc{cryptoeprint:2011/254,
author = {T. Kleinjung and A. K. Lenstra and D. Page and N. P. Smart},
title = {Using the Cloud to Determine Key Strengths},
howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2011/254},
year = {2011},
url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2011/254}
}
