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Title | ||
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Strengths and limitations of high-resolution electromagnetic field measurements for side-channel analysis |
Abstract | ||
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The electromagnetic field as a side-channel of cryptographic devices has been linked to several advantages in past contributions. We provide a comprehensive study using high-resolution horizontal and vertical magnetic field probes at close distance to an integrated circuit die. We configured an FPGA device with two uncorrelated digital structures showing similar leakage behavior as symmetric cryptography implementations. We found that measurements from the frontside of the die using a horizontal probe lead to the highest signal-to-noise ratios. Further, high sampling rates are required and no trace compression should be applied. Contrary to previous contributions, we successfully demonstrate that the leakage of design parts is locally restricted and matches their placement. This proves the feasibility of localized side-channel analysis after a profiling phase, however, also means that other locations will lead to inferior results, which is an important limitation. Our analysis confirmed an advantage of measuring localized electromagnetic fields instead of current consumption due to the fact that less parasitic capacitances are involved. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2012 | 10.1007/978-3-642-37288-9_17 | CARDIS |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
comprehensive study,close distance,localized side-channel analysis,electromagnetic field,fpga device,localized electromagnetic field,vertical magnetic field probe,high-resolution electromagnetic field measurement,horizontal probe lead,similar leakage behavior,high-resolution horizontal,side channel,high resolution,localization,snr,em | Symmetric-key algorithm,Magnetic field,Telecommunications,Leakage (electronics),Profiling (computer programming),Computer science,Field-programmable gate array,Real-time computing,Side channel attack,Acoustics,Integrated circuit,Electromagnetic field | Conference |
Citations | PageRank | References |
12 | 0.77 | 10 |
Authors | ||
5 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johann Heyszl | 1 | 146 | 16.19 |
| Dominik Merli | 2 | 161 | 10.70 |
| Benedikt Heinz | 3 | 120 | 5.82 |
| Fabrizio De Santis | 4 | 84 | 10.44 |
| Georg Sigl | 5 | 447 | 62.13 |