Paper 2007/455
Analysis and optimization of elliptic-curve single-scalar multiplication
Daniel J. Bernstein and Tanja Lange
Abstract
Let $P$ be a point on an elliptic curve over a finite field of large characteristic. Exactly how many points $2P,3P,5P,7P,9P,\ldots,mP$ should be precomputed in a sliding-window computation of $nP$? Should some or all of the points be converted to affine form, and at which moments during the precomputation should these conversions take place? Exactly how many field multiplications are required for the resulting computation of $nP$? The answers depend on the size of $n$, the $\inversions/\mults$ ratio, the choice of curve shape, the choice of coordinate system, and the choice of addition formulas. This paper presents answers that, compared to previous analyses, are more carefully optimized and cover a much wider range of situations.
Metadata
- Available format(s)
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PDF
- Category
- Public-key cryptography
- Publication info
- Published elsewhere. Unknown where it was published
- Keywords
- Elliptic curvesadditiondoublingexplicit formulasEdwards coordinatesinverted Edwards coordinatesside-channel countermeasuresunified addition formulasstrongly unified addition formulasprecomputations
- Contact author(s)
- tanja @ hyperelliptic org
- History
- 2007-12-07: received
- Short URL
- https://ia.cr/2007/455
- License
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CC BY
BibTeX
@misc{cryptoeprint:2007/455,
author = {Daniel J. Bernstein and Tanja Lange},
title = {Analysis and optimization of elliptic-curve single-scalar multiplication},
howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2007/455},
year = {2007},
url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2007/455}
}
