Simpler, Faster, and More Robust T-test Based Leakage Detection

A.  Adam Ding; Cong Chen; Thomas Eisenbarth

Paper 2015/1215

Simpler, Faster, and More Robust T-test Based Leakage Detection

A. Adam Ding, Cong Chen, and Thomas Eisenbarth

Abstract

The TVLA procedure using the t-test has become a popular leakage detection method. To protect against environmental fluctuation in laboratory measurements, we propose a paired t-test to improve the standard procedure. We take advantage of statistical matched-pairs design to remove the environmental noise effect in leakage detection. Higher order leakage detection is further improved with a moving average method. We compare the proposed test with standard t-test on synthetic data and physical measurements. Our results show that the proposed tests are robust to environmental noise.

Note: COSADE 2016 pre-proceedings version

Metadata

Available format(s): PDF
Publication info: Preprint. MINOR revision.
Keywords: Power analysis Leakage detection T-Test
Contact author(s): teisenbarth @ wpi edu
History: 2016-03-11: revised; 2015-12-21: received; See all versions
Short URL: https://ia.cr/2015/1215
License: CC BY

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2015/1215,
      author = {A.  Adam Ding and Cong Chen and Thomas Eisenbarth},
      title = {Simpler, Faster, and More Robust T-test Based Leakage Detection},
      howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2015/1215},
      year = {2015},
      url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2015/1215}
}