The Hardware-based PKCS#11 Standard using the RSA Algorithm

Author

Muzzi, F.A. ; Chiaramonte, R.B. ; Moreno, E.D.

Author_Institution

LSI-TEC, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Volume

7

Issue

2

fYear

2009

fDate

6/1/2009 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

160

Lastpage

169

Abstract

In this paper, we have proposed and implemented a hardware-based security system, which executes RSA-based cryptography operations by using the PKCS#11 standard. It was implemented in C, VHDL and FPGAs and it is modular and easily adaptable to the future upgrades for the communication among machines and devices. Any cryptography algorithm can be used; however, in our project we only used the RSA as a case study. We did simulations and real tests that allowed verifying the correct behavior and execution of our project; we used the RSA with keys up to 512 bits. Real tests showed the transmission of ciphered data between our project (PKCS#11 and RSA) and a PC by using serial communication.

Keywords

public key cryptography; telecommunication security; Public Key Cryptography Standard; RSA-based cryptography; Rivest-Shamir-Adleman cryptography; data transmission; hardware-based PKCS#11 standard; hardware-based security system; serial communication; Communication system security; Computer networks; Data security; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Internet; Public key cryptography; Testing; FPGAs; PKCS#11 Standard; Performance Evaluation; RSA Algorithms; Security;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Latin America Transactions, IEEE (Revista IEEE America Latina)

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1548-0992

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TLA.2009.5256823

Filename

5256823