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A Quantitative Study of Advanced Encryption Standard Performance
United States Military Academy USMA Digital Commons West Point ETD 12-2018 A Quantitative Study of Advanced Encryption Standard Performance as it Relates to Cryptographic Attack Feasibility Daniel Hawthorne United States Military Academy, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usmalibrary.org/faculty_etd Part of the Information Security Commons Recommended Citation Hawthorne, Daniel, "A Quantitative Study of Advanced Encryption Standard Performance as it Relates to Cryptographic Attack Feasibility" (2018). West Point ETD. 9. https://digitalcommons.usmalibrary.org/faculty_etd/9 This Doctoral Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by USMA Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in West Point ETD by an authorized administrator of USMA Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. A QUANTITATIVE STUDY OF ADVANCED ENCRYPTION STANDARD PERFORMANCE AS IT RELATES TO CRYPTOGRAPHIC ATTACK FEASIBILITY A Dissertation Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Computer Science By Daniel Stephen Hawthorne Colorado Technical University December, 2018 Committee Dr. Richard Livingood, Ph.D., Chair Dr. Kelly Hughes, DCS, Committee Member Dr. James O. Webb, Ph.D., Committee Member December 17, 2018 © Daniel Stephen Hawthorne, 2018 1 Abstract The advanced encryption standard (AES) is the premier symmetric key cryptosystem in use today. Given its prevalence, the security provided by AES is of utmost importance. Technology is advancing at an incredible rate, in both capability and popularity, much faster than its rate of advancement in the late 1990s when AES was selected as the replacement standard for DES. Although the literature surrounding AES is robust, most studies fall into either theoretical or practical yet infeasible. -
Master Thesis
Master's Programme in Computer Network Engineering, 60 credits MASTER Connect street light control devices in a secure network THESIS Andreas Kostoulas, Efstathios Lykouropoulos, Zainab Jumaa Network security, 15 credits Halmstad 2015-02-16 “Connect street light control devices in a secure network” Master’s Thesis in Computer Network engineering 2014 Authors: Andreas Kostoulas, Efstathios Lykouropoulos, Zainab Jumaa Supervisor: Alexey Vinel Examiner: Tony Larsson Preface This thesis is submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for a Master’s Degree in Computer Network Engineering at the Department of Information Science - Computer and Electrical Engineering, at University of Halmstad, Sweden. The research - implementation described herein was conducted under the supervision of Professor Alexey Vinel and in cooperation with Greinon engineering. This was a challenging trip with both ups and downs but accompanied by an extend team of experts, always willing to coach, sponsor, help and motivate us. For this we would like to thank them. We would like to thank our parents and family for their financial and motivational support, although distance between us was more than 1500 kilometres. Last but not least we would like to thank our fellow researchers and friends on our department for useful discussions, comments, suggestions, thoughts and also creative and fun moments we spend together. i Abstract Wireless communications is a constantly progressing technology in network engineering society, creating an environment full of opportunities that are targeting in financial growth, quality of life and humans prosperity. Wireless security is the science that has as a goal to provide safe data communication between authorized users and prevent unauthorized users from gaining access, deny access, damage or counterfeit data in a wireless environment. -
AWS Site-To-Site VPN User Guide AWS Site-To-Site VPN User Guide
AWS Site-to-Site VPN User Guide AWS Site-to-Site VPN User Guide AWS Site-to-Site VPN: User Guide Copyright © Amazon Web Services, Inc. and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Amazon's trademarks and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not Amazon's, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits Amazon. All other trademarks not owned by Amazon are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by Amazon. AWS Site-to-Site VPN User Guide Table of Contents What is Site-to-Site VPN ..................................................................................................................... 1 Concepts ................................................................................................................................... 1 Working with Site-to-Site VPN ..................................................................................................... 1 Site-to-Site VPN limitations ......................................................................................................... 2 Pricing ...................................................................................................................................... 2 How AWS Site-to-Site VPN works ........................................................................................................ 3 Site-to-Site VPN Components ..................................................................................................... -
Rigorous Cache Side Channel Mitigation Via Selective Circuit Compilation
RiCaSi: Rigorous Cache Side Channel Mitigation via Selective Circuit Compilation B Heiko Mantel, Lukas Scheidel, Thomas Schneider, Alexandra Weber( ), Christian Weinert, and Tim Weißmantel Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany {mantel,weber,weissmantel}@mais.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de, {scheidel,schneider,weinert}@encrypto.cs.tu-darmstadt.de Abstract. Cache side channels constitute a persistent threat to crypto implementations. In particular, block ciphers are prone to attacks when implemented with a simple lookup-table approach. Implementing crypto as software evaluations of circuits avoids this threat but is very costly. We propose an approach that combines program analysis and circuit compilation to support the selective hardening of regular C implemen- tations against cache side channels. We implement this approach in our toolchain RiCaSi. RiCaSi avoids unnecessary complexity and overhead if it can derive sufficiently strong security guarantees for the original implementation. If necessary, RiCaSi produces a circuit-based, hardened implementation. For this, it leverages established circuit-compilation technology from the area of secure computation. A final program analysis step ensures that the hardening is, indeed, effective. 1 Introduction Cache side channels are unintended communication channels of programs. Cache- side-channel leakage might occur if a program accesses memory addresses that depend on secret information like cryptographic keys. When these secret-depen- dent memory addresses are loaded into a shared cache, an attacker might deduce the secret information based on observing the cache. Such cache side channels are particularly dangerous for implementations of block ciphers, as shown, e.g., by attacks on implementations of DES [58,67], AES [2,11,57], and Camellia [59,67,73]. -
On Security and Privacy for Networked Information Society
Antti Hakkala On Security and Privacy for Networked Information Society Observations and Solutions for Security Engineering and Trust Building in Advanced Societal Processes Turku Centre for Computer Science TUCS Dissertations No 225, November 2017 ON SECURITY AND PRIVACY FOR NETWORKED INFORMATIONSOCIETY Observations and Solutions for Security Engineering and Trust Building in Advanced Societal Processes antti hakkala To be presented, with the permission of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of the University of Turku, for public criticism in Auditorium XXII on November 18th, 2017, at 12 noon. University of Turku Department of Future Technologies FI-20014 Turun yliopisto 2017 supervisors Adjunct professor Seppo Virtanen, D. Sc. (Tech.) Department of Future Technologies University of Turku Turku, Finland Professor Jouni Isoaho, D. Sc. (Tech.) Department of Future Technologies University of Turku Turku, Finland reviewers Professor Tuomas Aura Department of Computer Science Aalto University Espoo, Finland Professor Olaf Maennel Department of Computer Science Tallinn University of Technology Tallinn, Estonia opponent Professor Jarno Limnéll Department of Communications and Networking Aalto University Espoo, Finland The originality of this thesis has been checked in accordance with the University of Turku quality assurance system using the Turnitin OriginalityCheck service ISBN 978-952-12-3607-5 (Online) ISSN 1239-1883 To my wife Maria, I am forever grateful for everything. Thank you. ABSTRACT Our society has developed into a networked information soci- ety, in which all aspects of human life are interconnected via the Internet — the backbone through which a significant part of communications traffic is routed. This makes the Internet ar- guably the most important piece of critical infrastructure in the world. -
Building Ipv6 Based Tunneling Mechanisms for Voip Security
WK,QWHUQDWLRQDO0XOWL&RQIHUHQFHRQ6\VWHPV6LJQDOV 'HYLFHV Building IPv6 Based Tunneling Mechanisms for VoIP Security Amzari J. Ghazali, Waleed Al-Nuaimy, Ali Al-Ataby, Majid A. Al-Taee Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics University of Liverpool, UK e-mail: {amzari.ghazali, wax, ali.ataby, altaeem}@liv.ac.uk Abstract—Internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) was such as Toredo, 6to4 and manual configuration [4]. developed to resolve the IPv4 address exhaustion Despite the benefits of using IPv6, there are still problem and support new features. However, IPv6 still challenges and obstacles in implementing and comprises some defectiveness of IPv4 protocol such as practically using IPv6 VoIP [5]. The issues of the multimedia security. This paper presents IPv6-based transition from the current IPv4 network to IPv6 as tunneling mechanisms for securing Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network traffic using OpenSwan IPSec well as VoIP performance for both IP versions need (site-to-site). IPSec with Triple Data Encryption to be assessed and compared. Algorithm (3DES) is used to create a Virtual Private Evaluation of VoIP performance with IPSec in Network (VPN) on top of existing physical networks. IPv4, IPv6 and 6to4 networks using Teredo for NAT Secure communication mechanisms can therefore be provided for data and control information transmitted traversal in a test LAN was previously reported in between networks. Secure VoIP-oriented mechanisms [6]. The testbed used softphones to setup calls, and on VPN IPv6 have been designed, implemented and background traffic was generated to create congestion tested successfully using open source approaches. The on the links and routers. The results demonstrated the performance of the IPv6 VoIP network is assessed feasibility of using a single Linux box to handle experimentally in terms of several performance metrics IPSec, 6to4 and NAT processing, and it was found including jitter, throughput and packet loss rate. -
Efficient Hashing Using the AES Instruction
Efficient Hashing Using the AES Instruction Set Joppe W. Bos1, Onur Özen1, and Martijn Stam2 1 Laboratory for Cryptologic Algorithms, EPFL, Station 14, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland {joppe.bos,onur.ozen}@epfl.ch 2 Department of Computer Science, University of Bristol, Merchant Venturers Building, Woodland Road, Bristol, BS8 1UB, United Kingdom [email protected] Abstract. In this work, we provide a software benchmark for a large range of 256-bit blockcipher-based hash functions. We instantiate the underlying blockci- pher with AES, which allows us to exploit the recent AES instruction set (AES- NI). Since AES itself only outputs 128 bits, we consider double-block-length constructions, as well as (single-block-length) constructions based on RIJNDAEL- 256. Although we primarily target architectures supporting AES-NI, our frame- work has much broader applications by estimating the performance of these hash functions on any (micro-)architecture given AES-benchmark results. As far as we are aware, this is the first comprehensive performance comparison of multi- block-length hash functions in software. 1 Introduction Historically, the most popular way of constructing a hash function is to iterate a com- pression function that itself is based on a blockcipher (this idea dates back to Ra- bin [49]). This approach has the practical advantage—especially on resource-constrained devices—that only a single primitive is needed to implement two functionalities (namely encrypting and hashing). Moreover, trust in the blockcipher can be conferred to the cor- responding hash function. The wisdom of blockcipher-based hashing is still valid today. Indeed, the current cryptographic hash function standard SHA-2 and some of the SHA- 3 candidates are, or can be regarded as, blockcipher-based designs. -
Siderand: a Heuristic and Prototype of a Side-Channel-Based Cryptographically Secure Random Seeder Designed to Be Platform- and Architecture-Agnostic
SideRand: A Heuristic and Prototype of a Side-Channel-Based Cryptographically Secure Random Seeder Designed to Be Platform- and Architecture-Agnostic JV ROIG, Advanced Research Center – Asia Pacific College Generating secure random numbers is vital to the security and privacy infrastructures we rely on today. Having a computer system generate a secure random number is not a trivial problem due to the deterministic nature of computer systems. Servers commonly deal with this problem through hardware-based random number generators, which can come in the form of expansion cards, dongles, or integrated into the CPU itself. With the explosion of network- and internet-connected devices, however, the problem of cryptography is no longer a server-centric problem; even small devices need a reliable source of randomness for cryptographic operations – for example, network devices and appliances like routers, switches and access points, as well as various Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices for security and remote management. This paper proposes a software solution based on side-channel measurements as a source of high- quality entropy (nicknamed “SideRand”), that can theoretically be applied to most platforms (large servers, appliances, even maker boards like RaspberryPi or Arduino), and generates a seed for a regular CSPRNG to enable proper cryptographic operations for security and privacy. This paper also proposes two criteria – openness and auditability – as essential requirements for confidence in any random generator for cryptographic use, and discusses how SideRand meets the two criteria (and how most hardware devices do not). CCS Concepts: • Security and privacy → Cryptography KEYWORDS Cryptographically secure random number generation; side-channel based CSPRNG 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Generating Random Numbers for Privacy and Security The ability to generate strong random numbers is essential to cryptography, and central to security and privacy in the IT world. -
CS670: Network Security
Cristina Nita-Rotaru CS670: Network security IPsec. TLS. Sources 1. Many slides courtesy of Christo Wilson and Wil Robertson 2. IPSec Key management based on slides from B. LaMacchia 3. Analysis of the HTTPS Certificate Ecosystem, IMC 2013: https://jhalderm.com/pub/papers/https-imc13.pdf 4. Analysis of SSL certificate reissues and revocations in the wake of Heartbleed, IMC 2014: http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/cbw/pdf/imc254-zhang.pdf 2 IPSec; TLS 1: Protecting IP: IPsec OSI/ISO Model Application Application Presentation Presentation Session Session Transport Transport Network Network Data Link Data Link Physical Layer Physical Layer 4 IPSec; TLS IPsec design goals } Design philosophy: applications cannot be trusted to implement end-to-end security properly and security should be built into the network itself } Transparent to applications (below transport layer ) } Goal: Facilitate direct IP connectivity between sensitive hosts through untrusted networks } It is designed to be extremely flexible } Different crypto algorithms and key exchange supported } Different security services compositions } Different granularities of protection 5 IPSec; TLS Security goals } IPsec provides: } access control } integrity } data origin authentication } rejection of replayed packets } confidentiality } IETF IPSEC Working Group } Documented in RFCs and Internet drafts 6 IPSec; TLS Security and deployment mechanisms } Operates based on security associations } Deployment: } Transport-mode: encapsulates an upper-layer protocol (e.g. TCP or UDP) and preapends an -
FIPS 140-2 Security Policy
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Openswan Cryptographic Module v2.0 FIPS 140-2 Security Policy version 1.1 Last Update: 2012-11-13 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Openswan Cryptographic Module version 2.0 FIPS 140-2 Security Policy Contents 1 Cryptographic Module Specification .................................................................................................... .................. 3 1.1 Description of Module ............................................................................................................. .................. ... 3 1.2 Description of Approved Mode .......................................................................................................... ............ 4 1.3 Cryptographic Module Boundary ......................................................................................... ......................... 5 1.3.1 Hardware Block Diagram ................................................................................................................. .......... 6 1.3.2 Software Block Diagram .......................................................................................................... ................... 7 1.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Cryptographic Modules and FIPS 140-2 Certification ......................... .......... 7 1.4.1 Platforms ............................................................................................................................... ............. ........ 8 1.4.2 FIPS Approved Mode ....................................................................................................................... -
Bohrende Fragen Wireguard
01/2018 VPN mit Wireguard aufsetzen Titelthema Bohrende Fragen Wireguard 38 Wer ein Virtual Private Network einrichten möchte, kämpft oftmals mit einer nicht ganz simplen Konfiguration. Wireguard verspricht, dass der Tunnelbau auch einfacher und flinker gelingen kann. Falko Benthin www.linux-magazin.de Quelltext und setzt auf starke Verschlüs- selungsalgorithmen, wofür Donenfeld Trevor Perrins Noise Protocol Framework [9] ins Boot nimmt. Für Zertifikate setzt das Wireguard-Protokoll auf Ed25519, für den Schlüsselaustausch auf Curve25519 (ECDHE) und für den Datentransport auf Chacha20-poly1305. Wireguard unterstützt allerdings nur eine kryptografische Suite, die sich je- doch bei Problemen ohne Weiteres aus- tauschen lässt. Anwender müssen ihre Verschlüsselungs-Suite also nicht mehr aus verschiedenen Chiffren selbst zusam- menbasteln. Das reduziert die Komple- xität und vermindert das Risiko von Si- cherheitslücken. Wireguard arbeitet aus © Péter Gudella, 123RF © Péter Sicht des Administrators zustandslos und bringt einen integrierten Schutz gegen VPNs (Virtual Private Networks) gelten In freien Wildbahn treffen Admins Wire- Denial-of-Service-Attacken mit. als sichere Nummer, wenn es darum guard bislang noch eher selten an. Das geht, das Home Office mit dem Firmen- dürfte vor allem daran liegen, dass das Installation und netz, Firmensitze mit der Zentrale oder Projekt noch nicht im offiziellen Linux- Inbetriebnahme Geschäftsreisende mit ihrer Kundenda- Kernel steckt und aktuell nur für Linux tenbank zu verbinden. Privatnutzer ver- und OS X verfügbar ist. Daneben feh- Die Repositories zahlreicher Distributio- wenden VPNs, um beispielsweise sicher len Sicherheits-Audits und das Protokoll nen bieten Wireguard bereits an, sodass über das Internet auf die heimische Wet- kann sich noch ändern. Experimentierfreudige es leicht mit Hilfe terstation mit angeschlossenem Daten- Trotzdem haben es manche VPN-Provi- der entsprechenden Paketverwaltung in- bankserver zuzugreifen. -
Stream Cipher Designs: a Review
SCIENCE CHINA Information Sciences March 2020, Vol. 63 131101:1–131101:25 . REVIEW . https://doi.org/10.1007/s11432-018-9929-x Stream cipher designs: a review Lin JIAO1*, Yonglin HAO1 & Dengguo FENG1,2* 1 State Key Laboratory of Cryptology, Beijing 100878, China; 2 State Key Laboratory of Computer Science, Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China Received 13 August 2018/Accepted 30 June 2019/Published online 10 February 2020 Abstract Stream cipher is an important branch of symmetric cryptosystems, which takes obvious advan- tages in speed and scale of hardware implementation. It is suitable for using in the cases of massive data transfer or resource constraints, and has always been a hot and central research topic in cryptography. With the rapid development of network and communication technology, cipher algorithms play more and more crucial role in information security. Simultaneously, the application environment of cipher algorithms is in- creasingly complex, which challenges the existing cipher algorithms and calls for novel suitable designs. To accommodate new strict requirements and provide systematic scientific basis for future designs, this paper reviews the development history of stream ciphers, classifies and summarizes the design principles of typical stream ciphers in groups, briefly discusses the advantages and weakness of various stream ciphers in terms of security and implementation. Finally, it tries to foresee the prospective design directions of stream ciphers. Keywords stream cipher, survey, lightweight, authenticated encryption, homomorphic encryption Citation Jiao L, Hao Y L, Feng D G. Stream cipher designs: a review. Sci China Inf Sci, 2020, 63(3): 131101, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11432-018-9929-x 1 Introduction The widely applied e-commerce, e-government, along with the fast developing cloud computing, big data, have triggered high demands in both efficiency and security of information processing.