A True Random Number Generator with Built-in Attack Detection

True random number generators (TRNGs) are extensively used in cryptography, simulations and statistics. Metastability is a way to generate true random numbers. By using electromagnetic radiation, a flip-flop in a metastable state can be manipulated to a known state. In this work, we introduce and analyze the concept of a randomized bit-cell, being able to simultaneously produce random numbers and detect active nonintrusive attacks. The experimental comparison with a standard

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: DEPCOS
• Authors: Bernhard Fechner, Andre Osterloh
• Keywords: DEPCOS 2008, Hardware, Random Number Generators, Random Numbers, True Random Numbers