Paper 2016/513

Applying TVLA to Public Key Cryptographic Algorithms

Michael Tunstall and Gilbert Goodwill

Abstract

Test Vector Leakage Assessment (TVLA) has been proposed as a method of determining if a side-channel attack is feasible, for a given implementation of a block cipher, by looking for leakage without conducting an attack. The thresholds chosen for the evaluation of leakage are chosen such that passing the tests gives a strong indication that no leakage is present. In this document, we describe how TVLA can be adapted to pubic key cryptographic algorithms, with a specific focus on RSA, ECDSA and ECDH.

Note: Presented at ICMC 2016

Metadata
Available format(s)
PDF
Category
Implementation
Publication info
Preprint. MINOR revision.
Keywords
Side Channel Analysis
Contact author(s)
michael tunstall @ cryptography com
History
2016-05-29: received
Short URL
https://ia.cr/2016/513
License
Creative Commons Attribution
CC BY

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2016/513,
      author = {Michael Tunstall and Gilbert Goodwill},
      title = {Applying TVLA to Public Key Cryptographic Algorithms},
      howpublished = {Cryptology ePrint Archive, Paper 2016/513},
      year = {2016},
      note = {\url{https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/513}},
      url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/513}
}
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