Abstract
New techniques have been discovered to find the secret keys stored in smart-cards. These techniques have caused concern for they can allow people to recharge their smartcards (in effect printing money), or illegally use phone or digital TV services. We propose a new processor design which will counteract these techniques. By randomising the instruction stream being executed by the processor we can hide the secret key stored in a smartcard. The extension we propose can be added to existing processors, and is transparent to the algorithm.
Translated title of the contribution | Non-deterministic Processors |
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Original language | English |
Title of host publication | Information, Security and Privacy - ACISP 2001 |
Publisher | Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
Pages | 115 - 129 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Volume | 2119 |
Publication status | Published - Jul 2001 |
Bibliographical note
Editors: Varadharajan, V and Mu, YISBN: 3540423001
Publisher: Springer Verlag
Name and Venue of Conference: Information Security and Privacy : 6th Australasian Conference, ACISP 2001, Sydney, Australia, July 11-13, 2001