Low-Power Side-Channel Attack-Resistant Asynchronous S-Box Design for AES Cryptosystems
Abstract
In this work, a novel asynchronous combinational S-Box (substitution box) design for AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) cryptosystems is proposed and validated. The S-Box is considered as the most critical component in AES crypto-circuits since it consumes the most power and leaks the most information against side-channel attacks. The proposed design is based on a delay-insensitive logic paradigm known as Null Convention Logic (NCL). The proposed NCL S-Box provides considerable benefits over existing designs since it consumes less power therefore suitable for energy-constrained mobile crypto-applications. It also emits less noise and has flatter power peaks therefore leaks less information against side-channel attacks such as differential power/noise analysis. Functional verification, analog simulation and power measurement of NCL S-Box have been done using Mentor Graphics EDA (Electronic Design Automation) tools to assure low-power side-channel attack-resistant operation of the proposed clock-free AES S-Box design.
Recommended Citation
J. Wu et al., "Low-Power Side-Channel Attack-Resistant Asynchronous S-Box Design for AES Cryptosystems," Proceedings of the 20th Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (2010, Providence, RI), pp. 459 - 464, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), May 2010.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1145/1785481.1785587
Meeting Name
20th Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI: GLSVLSI (2010: May 16-18, Providence, RI)
Department(s)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
Advanced Encryption Standard; Analog Simulations; Critical Component; Cryptosystems; Electronic Design Automation; Energy-Constrained; Functional Verification; Logic Paradigm; Low Power; Mentor Graphics; Null Convention Logic; Power Measurement; S-Box Design; Side Channel Attack (SCA); Substitution Boxes; Computer Aided Design; Differentiating Circuits; Lakes; Network Security; Standards; Cryptography; Differential Power/Noise Analysis; Power/Noise Measurement; Security; Substitution Box (S-Box)
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-1450300124
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2010 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 May 2010
