Paper 2015/143
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger - Elliptic Curve Discrete Logarithm Computations on FPGAs
Erich Wenger and Paul Wolfger
Abstract
Computing discrete logarithms takes time. It takes time to develop new algorithms, choose the best algorithms, implement these algorithms correctly and efficiently, keep the system running for several months, and, finally, publish the results. In this paper, we present a highly performant architecture that can be used to compute discrete logarithms of Weierstrass curves defined over binary fields and Koblitz curves using FPGAs. We used the architecture to compute for the first time a discrete logarithm of the elliptic curve \texttt{sect113r1}, a previously standardized binary curve, using 10 Kintex-7 FPGAs. To achieve this result, we investigated different iteration functions, used a negation map, dealt with the fruitless cycle problem, built an efficient FPGA design that processes 900 million iterations per second, and we tended for several months the optimized implementations running on the FPGAs.
Metadata
- Available format(s)
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PDF
- Category
- Implementation
- Publication info
- Published elsewhere. Minor revision. Journal of Cryptographic Engineering
- Keywords
- elliptic curve cryptographydiscrete logarithm problemhardware designFPGAnegation map
- Contact author(s)
- wenger erich @ gmail com
- History
- 2015-08-17: revised
- 2015-02-27: received
- See all versions
- Short URL
- https://ia.cr/2015/143
- License
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CC BY
BibTeX
@misc{cryptoeprint:2015/143,
author = {Erich Wenger and Paul Wolfger},
title = {Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger - Elliptic Curve Discrete Logarithm Computations on {FPGAs}},
howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2015/143},
year = {2015},
url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2015/143}
}
