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Protection against side channel attacks with an integrity check

US8429417B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 3, 2007
Grant dateApr 23, 2013
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Expiry dateMay 28, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2209/34
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for protecting a sensitive operation by checking the integrity of at least a subset of the data manipulated by the sensitive operation. Data to be checked are divided into blocks, an intermediate integrity check value being computed for each block, the intermediate integrity check values being computed in random order. The invention also relates to a cryptographic device wherein at least one sensitive operation of the cryptographic device is protected by a method according to the invention.

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