ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Description
- Objectives and challenges of physical security
- Symmetric encryption (DES, AES) and associated microelectronic architectures
- Modular Computing and Large Number Multiplication
- Asymmetric encryption (RSA) and associated microelectronic architectures
- Authentication principle
- Random Number Generation
- Hidden Channel Attacks
- Foul attacks
Objectives
Acquire a basic understanding of cryptography and attacks on hardware systems implementing these algorithms.
Necessary prerequisites
Digital electronics
Recommended prerequisites* :
Programming and hardware description language
Syllabus
Book: "Handbook of Applied Cryptography" - http://cacr.uwaterloo.ca/hac/
Further information
CM: 1:30 p.m.
Practical work: 3h