An efficient algorithm resistant to SPA and DPA variants in ECC

Author

Meshgi, Hadi ; Khazaee, Mohammad Erfan ; Kasiri, Behzad ; Shahhoseini, Hadi Shahriar

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Iran Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Tehran

fYear

2008

fDate

24-27 Nov. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Power analysis is a dominant method that reveals side channel information by tracing power signal. In elliptic curve cryptosystem (ECC), they have received considerable attention. The main operation of ECC is scalar multiplication which is vulnerable to power analysis attacks. In this paper we present an algorithm for securing elliptic curve scalar multiplication against Power Analysis. However some algorithms, which are resistant against some kinds of power analysis attacks like Simple Power Analysis (SPA) or Differential Power Analysis (DPA), were developed, we contribute an algorithm that is resistant against the most recent kinds of power analysis attacks. Also, our algorithm can be successful for a large class of elliptic curves, including most of the elliptic curves recommended by standard bodies such as ANSI, IEEE, ISO, NIST, SECG or WTLS.

Keywords

public key cryptography; ECC; differential power analysis; elliptic curve cryptosystem; power analysis attacks; power signal; scalar multiplication; side channel information; simple power analysis; Algorithm design and analysis; Elliptic curve cryptography; Elliptic curves; Energy consumption; Equations; Power engineering computing; Power measurement; Resistance; Security; Smart cards; Differential Power Analysis; Simple Power Analysis; component; elliptic curve cryptosystem; power analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Days, 2008. WD '08. 1st IFIP

Conference_Location

Dubai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2828-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2829-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WD.2008.4812882

Filename

4812882