Clock period randomization for defense against cryptographic attacks

    公开(公告)号:US11750361B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-05

    申请号:US17176554

    申请日:2021-02-16

    申请人: Google LLC

    发明人: Donald Stark

    IPC分类号: H04L9/00 G06F7/58

    摘要: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for defending against cryptographic attacks using clock period randomization. The methods, systems, and apparatuses are designed to make side channel attacks and fault injection attacks more difficult by using a clock with a variable period during a cryptographic operation. In an example embodiment, a clock period randomizer includes a fixed delay generator and a variable delay generator, wherein a variable delay generated by the variable delay generator is based on a random or pseudorandom value that is changed occasionally or periodically. The methods, systems, and apparatuses are useful in hardware security applications where fault injection and/or side channel attacks are of concern.

    Clock Period Randomization for Defense Against Cryptographic Attacks

    公开(公告)号:US20210194667A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-24

    申请号:US17176554

    申请日:2021-02-16

    申请人: Google LLC

    发明人: Donald Stark

    IPC分类号: H04L9/00 G06F7/58

    摘要: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for defending against cryptographic attacks using clock period randomization. The methods, systems, and apparatuses are designed to make side channel attacks and fault injection attacks more difficult by using a clock with a variable period during a cryptographic operation. In an example embodiment, a clock period randomizer includes a fixed delay generator and a variable delay generator, wherein a variable delay generated by the variable delay generator is based on a random or pseudorandom value that is changed occasionally or periodically. The methods, systems, and apparatuses are useful in hardware security applications where fault injection and/or side channel attacks are of concern.