Why Cryptography Should Not Rely on Physical Attack Complexity

• Main Author: Krämer, Juliane (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Series: T-Labs Series in Telecommunication Services,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Coding theory.; Computer science > Mathematics.; Computer mathematics.; System safety.; Electrical engineering.; Communications Engineering, Networks.; Coding and Information Theory.; Security Science and Technology.; Mathematical Applications in Computer Science.

This book presents two practical physical attacks. It shows how attackers can reveal the secret key of symmetric as well as asymmetric cryptographic algorithms based on these attacks, and presents countermeasures on the software and the hardware level that can help to prevent them in the future. Tho...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Mathematical and Cryptological Background
• Photonic Emission Analysis
• The Photonic Side Channel
• Higher-Order Fault Attacks against Pairing Computations
• Future Work and Conclusion.