Cryptographic Algorithms on Reconfigurable Hardware (Signals and Communication Technology) - Hardcover

Rodriguez-Henriquez, Francisco; Saqib, N.A.; Díaz Pérez, Arturo; Koc, Cetin Kaya

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0387338837 ISBN 13: 9780387338835

Publisher: Springer, 2006

Synopsis

Software-based cryptography can be used for security applications where data traffic is not too large and low encryption rate is tolerable. But hardware methods are more suitable where speed and real-time encryption are needed. Until now, there has been no book explaining how cryptographic algorithms can be implemented on reconfigurable hardware devices. This book covers computational methods, computer arithmetic algorithms, and design improvement techniques needed to implement efficient cryptographic algorithms in FPGA reconfigurable hardware platforms. The author emphasizes the practical aspects of reconfigurable hardware design, explaining the basic mathematics involved, and giving a comprehensive description of state-of-the-art implementation techniques.

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Cryptographic Algorithms on Reconfigurable Hardware Hardware methods are more suitable where high speed and real-time encryption are needed. This monograph shows how high-speed cryptographic algorithms implementations can be achieved on reconfigurable hardware devices such as Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) without posing prohibitively high requirements for hardware resources. Full description

Synopsis:

Cryptographic solutions using software methods can be used for those security applications where data traffic is not too large and low encryption rate is tolerable. On the other hand, hardware methods offer high-speed solutions making them highly suitable for applications where data traffic is fast and large data is required to be encrypted in real time. VLSI (also known as ASIC), and FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays) are two alternatives for implementing cryptographic algorithms in hardware. FPGAs offer several benefits for cryptographic algorithm implementations over VLSI as they offer high flexibility. Due to its reconfigurable property, keys can be changed rapidly. Moreover, basic primitives in most cryptographic algorithms can efficiently be implemented in FPGAs. Since the invention of the Data Encryption Standard (DES), some 40 years ago, a considerable amount of cryptographic algorithm implementation literature has been produced both, for software and hardware platforms. Unfortunately, virtually there exists no book explaining how the main cryptographic algorithms can be implemented on reconfigurable hardware devices.

This book will cover the study of computational methods, computer arithmetic algorithms, and design improvement techniques needed to implement efficient cryptographic algorithms in FPGA reconfigurable hardware platforms. The concepts and techniques to be reviewed in this book will make special emphasis on the practical aspects of reconfigurable hardware design, explaining the basic mathematics related and giving a comprehensive description of state-of-the-art implementation techniques. Thus, the main goal of this monograph is to show how high-speed cryptographic algorithms implementations can be achieved on reconfigurable hardware devices without posing prohibited high requirements for hardware resources.

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0387338837
• ISBN 13: 9780387338835
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 388