Compact Implementation and Performance Evaluation of Block Ciphers in ATtiny Devices

Thomas Eisenbarth, Zheng Gong, Tim Güneysu, Stefan Heyse, Sebastiaan Indesteege, Stéphanie Kerckhof, François Koeune, Tomislav Nad, Thomas Plos, Francesco Regazzoni, François-Xavier Standaert, Loic van Oldeneel tot Oldenzeel

Abstract

The design of lightweight block ciphers has been a very active research topic over the last years. However, the lack of comparative source codes generally makes it hard to evaluate the extent to which implementations of different ciphers actually reach their low-cost goals on various platforms. This paper reports on an initiative aiming to relax this issue. First, we provide implementations of 12 block ciphers on an ATMEL AVR ATtiny45 8-bit microcontroller, and make the corresponding source code available on a web page. All implementations are made public under an open-source license. Common interfaces and design goals are followed by all designers to achieve comparable implementation results. Second, we evaluate performance figures of our implementations with respect to different metrics, including energy-consumption measurements and show our improvements compared to existing implementations.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProgress in Cryptology - AFRICACRYPT 2012
EditorsAikaterini Mitrokotsa, Serge Vaudenay
Number of pages16
Volume7374
Place of PublicationBerlin, Heidelberg
PublisherSpringer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date07.2012
Pages172-187
ISBN (Print)978-3-642-31409-4
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-642-31410-0
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 07.2012
Event5th International Conference on Cryptology in Africa - Ifrance, Morocco
Duration: 10.07.201212.07.2012

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