Branch Prediction Analysis has been recently proposed as an attack method to extract the key from software im- plementations of the RSA public key cryptographic algo- rithm. In this paper, we describe several solutions to protect against such an attack and analyze their impact on the exe- cution time of the cryptographic algorithm. We show that the code transformations required for protection against branch target buffer attacks can be automated and impose only a negligible performance penalty.

Countermeasures against branch target buffer attacks

AGOSTA, GIOVANNI;BREVEGLIERI, LUCA ODDONE;PELOSI, GERARDO
2007-01-01

Abstract

Branch Prediction Analysis has been recently proposed as an attack method to extract the key from software im- plementations of the RSA public key cryptographic algo- rithm. In this paper, we describe several solutions to protect against such an attack and analyze their impact on the exe- cution time of the cryptographic algorithm. We show that the code transformations required for protection against branch target buffer attacks can be automated and impose only a negligible performance penalty.
2007
Proceedings of the International Workshop on Fault Diagnosis and Tolerance in Cryptography, 2007, FDTC 2007
9780769529820
INF; cryptography; cache miss attack; branch prediction
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