Approved
Electromagnetic analysis of AES-256 on Xilinx Artix-7
Oskar Westman (2013)
Start
2018-02-15
Presentation
2018-06-08 10:15
Location:
E:3139
Finished:
2018-06-19
Master's thesis:
Abstract
FPGAs have increased in popularity in the cybersecurity industry because of their flexibility to generate a unique, inexpensive implementation of an encryption algorithm. FPGA is a good solution for accelerating different cryptographic operations. With the use of FPGAs, the hardware engineer can keep unauthorized personnel away from the architecture. The security company doesn't have to send away their layout for production in another country or another company. When conducting computing task within an FPGA, it consumes power and emits electromagnetic fields. The master thesis will focus on the power consumption and electromagnetic emission from an FPGA inside a cryptographic device. With the use of an oscilloscope and a computer, you can conduct a side-channel attack on the FPGA. With the results, you can extract the secret digital key from the FPGA. In the end, the author of the thesis will implement countermeasures in the RTL-code to prevent side-channel attacks.
Supervisor: Lars Lindqvist (Advenica AB) and Martin Hell (EIT)
Examiner: Thomas Johansson (EIT)