Lightweight Cryptography and RFID: Tackling the Hidden Overheads

Abstract. The field of lightweight cryptography has developed significantly over recent years and many impressive implementation results have been published. However these results are often concerned with a core computation and when it comes to a real implementation there can be significant hidden overheads. In this paper we consider the case of cryptoGPS and we outline a full implementation that has been fabricated in ASIC. Interestingly, the implementation requirements still remain within the typically-cited limits for on-the-tag cryptography.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2009
• Where: ICISC
• Authors: Axel Poschmann, Matthew J. B. Robshaw, Frank Vater, Christof Paar
• Keywords: Cryptology, ICISC 2009, Implementation, Lightweight Cryptography, Real Implementation