Title
Cryptographically Secure Pseudo-Random Number Generator IP-Core Based on SHA2 Algorithm.
Abstract
y In the context of growing the adoption of advanced sensors and systems for active vehicle safety and driver assistance, an increasingly important issue is the security of the information exchanged between the different sub-systems of the vehicle. Random number generation is crucial in modern encryption and security applications as it is a critical task from the point of view of the robustness of the security chain. Random numbers are in fact used to generate the encryption keys to be used for ciphers. Consequently, any weakness in the key generation process can potentially leak information that can be used to breach even the strongest cipher. This paper presents the architecture of a high performance Random Number Generator (RNG) IP-core, in particular a Cryptographically Secure Pseudo-Random Number Generator (CSPRNG) IP-core, a digital hardware accelerator for random numbers generation which can be employed for cryptographically secure applications. The specifications used to develop the proposed project were derived from dedicated literature and standards. Subsequently, specific architecture optimizations were studied to achieve better timing performance and very high throughput values. The IP-core has been validated thanks to the official NIST Statistical Test Suite, in order to evaluate the degree of randomness of the numbers generated in output. Finally the CSPRNG IP-core has been characterized on relevant Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) and ASIC standard-cell technologies.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.3390/s20071869
SENSORS
Keywords
DocType
Volume
intelligent sensors,autonomous driving,cyber security,HW accelerator,on-chip random number generator (RNG),SHA2,FPGA,ASIC standard-cell
Journal
20
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
7
1424-8220
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Luca Baldanzi100.34
Luca Crocetti200.68
Francesco Falaschi300.34
Matteo Bertolucci411.76
Jacopo Belli500.34
Luca Fanucci653282.83
Sergio Saponara739258.59