Abstract
This work presents the design, hardware implementation, and performance analysis of novel asynchronous AES (advanced encryption standard) Key Expander and Round Function, which offer increased side-channel attack (SCA) resistance. These designs are based on a delay-insensitive (DI) logic paradigm known as null convention logic (NCL), which supports useful properties for resisting SCAs including dual-rail encoding, clock-free operation, and monotonic transitions. Potential benefits include reduced and more uniform switching activities and reduced signal-to-noise (SNR) ratio. A novel method to further augment NCL AES hardware with random voltage scaling technique is also presented for additional security. Thereby, the proposed components leak significantly less side-channel information than conventional clocked approaches. To quantitatively verify such improvements, functional verification and WASSO (weighted average simultaneous switching output) analysis have been carried out on both conventional synchronous approach and the proposed NCL based approach using Mentor Graphics ModelSim and Xilinx simulation tools. Hardware implementation has been carried out on both designs exploiting a specified side-channel attack standard evaluation FPGA board, called SASEBO-GII, and the corresponding power waveforms for both designs have been collected. Along with the results of software simulations, we have analyzed the collected waveforms to validate the claims related to benefits of the proposed cryptohardware design approach.
Recommended Citation
S. P. Kotipalli et al., "Asynchronous Advanced Encryption Standard Hardware with Random Noise Injection for Improved Side-Channel Attack Resistance," Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, vol. 2014, Hindawi Publishing Corporation, Jul 2014.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/837572
Department(s)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
Clocks; Cryptography; Data Privacy; Design; Hardware; Hardware Security; Signal to Noise Ratio; Voltage Scaling; Advanced Encryption Standard; Functional Verification; Hardware Implementations; Null Convention Logic; Side-Channel Information; Simultaneous Switching Outputs; Standard Evaluations; Switching Activities; Side Channel Attack
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
2090-0147; 2090-0155
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2014 Hindawi Publishing Corporation, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Publication Date
01 Jul 2014
