Series in Microelectronics

edited by        Wolfgang Fichtner
                        Qiuting Huang
                        Heinz Jäckel
                        Gerhard Tröster
                        Bernd Witzigmann

Vol. 214

 

Luca Henzen,

VLSI Circuits for
Cryptographic
Authentication.

2011. VIII, 180 pages. ISBN 3-86628-367-9
and 978-3-86628-367-1

 

 

TOC of book

 

Abstract:

Nowadays, digital communication protocols rely on cryptographic mechanisms to protect sensitive information from unauthorized access and modification. Cryptographic primitives, such as hash functions, block and stream ciphers, are key components of many information security applications, employed to provide privacy, authentication, and data integrity. Following the massive differentiation of modern communication technologies, cryptography must be able to provide highly-efficient algorithms that combine strong security with optimal implementability.

This work focuses on the design of VLSI circuits for cryptographic hash functions and block cipher authenticated encryption modes. Two hash algorithms, submitted to the NIST hash competition, and a new hash function family for resource-limited applications, such as embedded systems and portable devices, are presented. In addition, implementation results for efficient highspeed architectures of the Advanced Encryption Standard in the Galois/Counter Mode of operation are described.

 

 

About the Author:

 

Luca Henzen received the MSc degree in electrical engineering from the ETH Zurich, Switzerland in 2007. In the same year, he joined the Integrated Systems Laboratory at the ETH Zurich as research and teaching assistant, working on the development and implementation of VLSI high-speed and low-power circuits for cryptographic authentication.

 

 

Keywords: Cryptography, VLSI design, Hash functions, Stream and block ciphers


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