A Vulnerability in RSA Implementations Due to Instruction Cache Analysis and Its Demonstration on OpenSSL

DOI10.1007/978-3-540-79263-5_16zbMATH Open1153.94341OpenAlexW1832887889MaRDI QIDQ5458944FDOQ5458944

Onur Acıiçmez, Werner Schindler

Publication date: 24 April 2008

Published in: Topics in Cryptology – CT-RSA 2008 (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79263-5_16

zbMATH Keywords

RSAstochastic processMontgomery multiplicationside channel analysisInstruction-Cache AttackMicroArchitectural analysis

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Cryptography (94A60)

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Cited In (6)

• Advanced stochastic methods in side channel analysis on block ciphers in the presence of masking
• System-level non-interference of constant-time cryptography. I: Model
• Stochastic methods defeat regular RSA exponentiation algorithms with combined blinding methods
• Side Channels in the McEliece PKC
• Exponent Blinding Does Not Always Lift (Partial) Spa Resistance to Higher-Level Security
• Who watches the watchmen?: Utilizing performance monitors for compromising keys of RSA on intel platforms

Uses Software

• OpenSSL

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