[Resource Topic] 2022/129: TOFU - Toggle Count Analysis made simple

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Title:
TOFU - Toggle Count Analysis made simple

Authors: Michael Gruber, Georg Sigl

Abstract:

Protection against physical attacks is a major requirement for cryptographic implementations running on devices which are accessible to an attacker. Side-channel attacks are the most common types of physical attacks, the most frequent side-channel is the device’s power consumption. In this work we propose a novel open-source tool called TOFU which synthesizes VCD simulation traces into power traces, with adjustable leakage models. Additionally, we propose a workflow which is only based on open-source tools. The functionality of TOFU and the proposed workflow was verified by a CPA of a AES hardware implementation. We also provide numbers for the required running time of TOFU for a trace synthesis with respect to the according VCD file size. Furthermore, we provide TOFU’s source code.

ePrint: https://eprint.iacr.org/2022/129

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