[Resource Topic] 2022/263: Rethinking Modular Multi-Exponentiation in Real-World Applications

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Title:
Rethinking Modular Multi-Exponentiation in Real-World Applications

Authors: Vidal Attias, Luigi Vigneri, Vassil Dimitrov

Abstract:

The importance of efficient multi-exponen- tiation algorithms in a large spectrum of cryptographic applications continues to grow. Previous literature on the subject pays attention exclusively on the mini- mization of the number of modular multiplications. However, a small reduction of the multiplicative com- plexity can be easily overshadowed by other figures of merit. In this article, we demonstrate that the most efficient algorithm for computing multi-exponentiation changes if considering execution time instead of number of multi-exponentiations. We focus our work on two al- gorithms that perform best under the number of multi- exponentiation metric and show that some side opera- tions affects their theoretical ranking. We provide this analysis on different hardware, such as Intel Core and ARM CPUs and the two latest generations of Rasp- berry Pis, to show how the machine chosen affects the execution time of multi-exponentiation.

ePrint: https://eprint.iacr.org/2022/263

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