<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Stream ciphers form part of cryptographic primitives focused on privacy. Synchronous, symmetric and software-oriented stream cipher Rabbit is member of final portfolio of European Union's eStream project. Although it was designed to perform well in software, employed operations seem to compute effi­ciently in hardware. 128-bit security, with no known security weaknesses is claimed by Rabbit's designers. Since hardware performance of Rabbit was only estimated in the proposal of algorithm, comparison of direct and optimized FPGA im­plementations of Rabbit stream cipher is presented, identifying algorithm bot­tlenecks, discussing optimization techniques applied to algorithm computations, along with key area/time trade-offs.</p></abstract>

Stream ciphers form part of cryptographic primitives focused on privacy. Synchronous, symmetric and software-oriented stream cipher Rabbit is member of final portfolio of European Union's eStream project. Although it was designed to perform well in software, employed operations seem to compute effi­ciently in hardware. 128-bit security, with no known security weaknesses is claimed by Rabbit's designers. Since hardware performance of Rabbit was only estimated in the proposal of algorithm, comparison of direct and optimized FPGA im­plementations of Rabbit stream cipher is presented, identifying algorithm bot­tlenecks, discussing optimization techniques applied to algorithm computations, along with key area/time trade-offs.

Hardware optimizations of stream cipher rabbit

Mathematical Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences Štefánikova 49, SK-814 73 Bratislava, SLOVAKIA

Tatra Mountains Mathematical Publications

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Stream ciphers form part of cryptographic primitives focused on privacy. Synchronous, symmetric and software-oriented stream cipher Rabbit is member of final...

Hardware optimizations of stream cipher rabbit

Pubblicato online: 13 nov 2012

Pagine: 87 - 101

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10127-011-0039-8

Parole chiave
Rabbit, stream cipher, FPGA, optimization, eStream.

This content is open access.

Hardware optimizations of stream cipher rabbit

Pubblicato online: 13 nov 2012

Pagine: 87 - 101

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10127-011-0039-8

Parole chiaveRabbit, stream cipher, FPGA, optimization, eStream.

This content is open access.

Parole chiave
Rabbit, stream cipher, FPGA, optimization, eStream.