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Method of testing the resistance of a circuit to a side channel analysis of second order or more

US10320555B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 22, 2017
Grant dateJun 11, 2019
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Expiry dateJul 21, 2037

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2209/12
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A test method can include: acquiring a plurality of value sets including measurements or signals corresponding with activity of a circuit when executing a set of cryptographic operations on secret data, for each value set, selecting at least two subsets of values, computing combined values and counting occurrence numbers of values transformed by a first surjective function applied to the combined values, for each operation and each possible value of a part of the secret data, computing a partial operation result, computing cumulative occurrence number sets by adding the occurrence number sets corresponding to the operations of the operation set, which when applied to a same value of the possible values of the part of the secret data, provide a partial operation result having a same transformed value by a second surjective function, and determine the part of the secret data from the cumulative occurrence number sets.

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