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CRYPTO 1999: Advances in Cryptology — CRYPTO’ 99 pp 388–397Cite as

Differential Power Analysis

Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS,volume 1666)

Abstract

Cryptosystem designers frequently assume that secrets will be manipulated in closed, reliable computing environments. Unfortunately, actual computers and microchips leak information about the operations they process. This paper examines specific methods for analyzing power consumption measurements to find secret keys from tamper resistant devices. We also discuss approaches for building cryptosystems that can operate securely in existing hardware that leaks information.

Keywords

  • differential power analysis
  • DPA
  • SPA
  • cryptanalysis
  • DES

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  1. Cryptography Research, Inc., 870 Market Street, Suite, 1088, San Francisco, CA, 94102, USA

    Paul Kocher, Joshua Jaffe & Benjamin Jun

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  1. Paul Kocher
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  1. Entrust Technologies, 750 Heron Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, KIV IA7

    Michael Wiener

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Kocher, P., Jaffe, J., Jun, B. (1999). Differential Power Analysis. In: Wiener, M. (eds) Advances in Cryptology — CRYPTO’ 99. CRYPTO 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1666. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-48405-1_25

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