MDPI, Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications, 1(7), p. 3, 2017
DOI: 10.3390/jlpea7010003
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This work implements and evaluates the recent complete addition formulae for the prime order elliptic curves of Renes, Costello and Batina on an FPGA platform. We implement three different versions: (1) an unprotected architecture; (2) an architecture protected through coordinate randomization; and (3) an architecture with both coordinate randomization and scalar splitting in place. The evaluation is done through timing analysis and test vector leakage assessment (TVLA). Theresultsshowthatapplyinganincreasinglevelofcountermeasuresleadstoanincreasingresistance against side-channel attacks. This is the first work looking into side-channel security issues of hardware implementations of the complete formulae.