Title
Compact implementation and performance evaluation of hash functions in ATtiny devices
Abstract
The pervasive diffusion of electronic devices in security and privacy sensitive applications has boosted research in cryptography. In this context, the study of lightweight algorithms has been a very active direction over the last years. In general, symmetric cryptographic primitives are good candidates for low-cost implementations. For example, several previous works have investigated the performance of block ciphers on various platforms. Motivated by the recent SHA3 competition, this paper extends these studies to another family of cryptographic primitives, namely hash functions. We implemented different algorithms on an ATMEL AVR ATtiny45 8-bit microcontroller, and provide their performance evaluation. All the implementations were carried out with the goal of minimizing the code size and memory utilization, and are evaluated using a common interface. As part of our contribution, we make all the corresponding source codes available on a web page, under an open-source license. We hope that this paper provides a good basis for researchers and embedded system designers who need to include more and more functionalities in next generation smart devices.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1007/978-3-642-37288-9_11
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Keywords
DocType
Volume
cryptographic primitive,hash function,symmetric cryptographic primitive,compact implementation,active direction,block cipher,good candidate,code size,performance evaluation,attiny device,sha3 competition,good basis,atmel avr attiny45 8-bit
Conference
7771 LNCS
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
null
16113349
12
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.91
10
17