Low-Power Public Key Cryptography

BEAVER,CHERYL L. ; DRAELOS,TIMOTHY J. ; HAMILTON,VICTORIA A. ; SCHROEPPEL,RICHARD C. ; GONZALES,RITA A. ; MILLER,RUSSELL D. ; THOMAS,EDWARD V.

Sandia National Laboratories

关键词: 99 General And Miscellaneous//Mathematics, Computing, And Information Science;    Design;    Flexibility;    Secrecy Protection;    Memory Devices;   

DOI  :  10.2172/767206
RP-ID  :  SAND2000-2766
RP-ID  :  AC04-94AL85000
RP-ID  :  767206

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report presents research on public key, digital signature algorithms for cryptographic authentication in low-powered, low-computation environments. We assessed algorithms for suitability based on their signature size, and computation and storage requirements. We evaluated a variety of general purpose and special purpose computing platforms to address issues such as memory, voltage requirements, and special functionality for low-powered applications. In addition, we examined custom design platforms. We found that a custom design offers the most flexibility and can be optimized for specific algorithms. Furthermore, the entire platform can exist on a single Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) or can be integrated with commercially available components to produce the desired computing platform.