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A Low-Power BLS12-381 Pairing Crypto-Processor for Internet-of-Things Security Applications

Cryptography and Security 2022-01-20 v1 Networking and Internet Architecture

Abstract

We present the first BLS12-381 elliptic curve pairing crypto-processor for Internet-of-Things (IoT) security applications. Efficient finite field arithmetic and algorithm-architecture co-optimizations together enable two orders of magnitude energy savings. We implement several countermeasures against timing and power side-channel attacks. Our crypto-processor is programmable to provide the flexibility to accelerate various elliptic curve and pairing-based protocols such as signature aggregation and functional encryption.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2201.07496,
  title  = {A Low-Power BLS12-381 Pairing Crypto-Processor for Internet-of-Things Security Applications},
  author = {Utsav Banerjee and Anantha P. Chandrakasan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.07496},
  year   = {2022}
}

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Published in IEEE Solid-State Circuits Letters (SSCL)

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