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Title:
Strength in Numbers: Threshold ECDSA to Protect Keys in the Cloud
Authors: Marc Green, Thomas Eisenbarth
Abstract:Side-channel attacks utilize information leakage in the implementation of an otherwise secure cryptographic algorithm to extract secret information. For example, adversaries can extract the secret key used in a cryptographic algorithm by observing cache-timing data. Threshold cryptography enables the division of private keys into shares, distributed among several nodes; the knowledge of a subset of shares does not leak information about the private key, thereby defending against memory disclosure and side-channel attacks. This work shows that applying threshold cryptography to ECDSA—the elliptic curve variant of DSA—yields a fully distributive signature protocol that does not feature a single point of failure. Our security analysis shows that Threshold ECDSA protects against a wide range of side-channel attacks, including cache attacks, and counteracts memory disclosure attacks. We further provide the first performance analysis of Threshold ECDSA, and provide a proof of concept of the protocol in practice.
ePrint: https://eprint.iacr.org/2015/1169
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