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Elliptic Curve Cryptography on Modern Processor Architectures

Costigan, Neil (2010) Elliptic Curve Cryptography on Modern Processor Architectures. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

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Abstract

Abstract Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) has been adopted by the US National Security Agency (NSA) in Suite "B" as part of its "Cryptographic Modernisation Program ". Additionally, it has been favoured by an entire host of mobile devices due to its superior performance characteristics. ECC is also the building block on which the exciting field of pairing/identity based cryptography is based. This widespread use means that there is potentially a lot to be gained by researching efficient implementations on modern processors such as IBM's Cell Broadband Engine and Philip's next generation smart card cores. ECC operations can be thought of as a pyramid of building blocks, from instructions on a core, modular operations on a finite field, point addition & doubling, elliptic curve scalar multiplication to application level protocols. In this thesis we examine an implementation of these components for ECC focusing on a range of optimising techniques for the Cell's SPU and the MIPS smart card. We show significant performance improvements that can be achieved through of adoption of ECC

Item Type:Thesis (PhD)
Date of Award:25 March 2010
Refereed:No
Supervisor(s):Scott, Michael
Uncontrolled Keywords:Cryptography
Subjects:Computer Science > Computer security
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Engineering and Computing > School of Computing
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. View License
Funders:Enterprise Ireland, Science Foundation Ireland
ID Code:15331
Deposited On:04 Apr 2011 15:05 by Michael Scott . Last Modified 19 Jul 2018 14:50

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