Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for minimizing differential power attacks on processors
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Application No.: US11483553Application Date: 2006-07-11
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Publication No.: US08666070B2Publication Date: 2014-03-04
- Inventor: Farhad Pezeshki , Robert J. Lambert
- Applicant: Farhad Pezeshki , Robert J. Lambert
- Applicant Address: CA Mississauga, Ontario
- Assignee: Certicom Corp.
- Current Assignee: Certicom Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Mississauga, Ontario
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Priority: CA2258338 19990111; CA2259089 19990115
- Main IPC: H04L9/00
- IPC: H04L9/00
Abstract:
A method of masking a cryptographic operation using a secret value, comprising the steps of dividing the secret value into a plurality of parts; combining with each part a random value to derive a new part such that the new parts when combined are equivalent to the original secret value; and utilizing each of the individual parts in the operation.
Public/Granted literature
- US08542826B2 Method and apparatus for minimizing differential power attacks on processors Public/Granted day:2013-09-24
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