Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electromagnetic and power noise injection for hardware operation concealment
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Application No.: US16908853Application Date: 2020-06-23
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Publication No.: US11599679B2Publication Date: 2023-03-07
- Inventor: Brendan James Moran , Matthias Lothar Boettcher
- Applicant: Arm Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Cambridge
- Assignee: Arm Limited
- Current Assignee: Arm Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Cambridge
- Agency: Talem IP Law, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F21/72
- IPC: G06F21/72 ; H04L9/00 ; H04L9/08

Abstract:
A method of operation concealment for a cryptographic system includes randomly selecting which one of at least two cryptographic operation blocks receives a key to apply a valid operation to data and outputs a result that is used for subsequent operations. Noise can be added by operating the other of the at least two cryptographic operation blocks using a modified key. The modified key can be generated by mixing the key with a block-unique-identifier, a device secret, a slowly adjusting output of a counter, or a combination thereof. In some cases, noise can be added to a cryptographic system by transforming input data of the other cryptographic operation block(s) by mixing the input data with the block-unique-identifier, device secret, counter output, or a combination thereof. A cryptographic system with operation concealment can further include a distributed (across a chip) or interweaved arrangement of subblocks of the cryptographic operation blocks.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210397747A1 Electromagnetic and Power Noise Injection for Hardware Operation Concealment Public/Granted day:2021-12-23
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