Concurrent Error Detection in Montgomery Multiplication over GF(2~m)

摘要

Because fault-based attacks on cryptosystems have been proven effective, fault diagnosis and tolerance in cryptography have started a new surge of research and development activity in the field of applied cryptography. Without magnitude comparisons, the Montgomery multiplication algorithm is very attractive and popular for Elliptic Curve Cryptosystems. This paper will design a Montgomery multiplier array with a bit-parallel architecture in GF(2~m) with concurrent error detection capability to protect it against fault-based attacks. The robust Montgomery multiplier array with concurrent error detection requires only about 0.2 extra space overhead (if m = 512 is as an example) and requires four extra clock cycles compared to the original Montgomery multiplier array without concurrent error detection.