Hardware Evaluation of SHA-3 Candidates

dc.contributor.authorHuang, Sinanen
dc.contributor.committeecochairNazhandali, Leylaen
dc.contributor.committeecochairSchaumont, Patrick R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberShukla, Sandeep K.en
dc.contributor.departmentElectrical and Computer Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:37:26Zen
dc.date.adate2011-05-26en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:37:26Zen
dc.date.issued2011-05-04en
dc.date.rdate2011-05-26en
dc.date.sdate2011-05-17en
dc.description.abstractCryptographic hash functions are used extensively in information security, most notably in digital authentication and data integrity verification. Their performance is an important factor of the overall performance of a secure system. In 2005, some groups of cryptanalysts were making increasingly successful attacks and exploits on the cryptographic hash function, SHA-1, the most widely used hash function of the secure hashing algorithm family. Although these attacks do not work on SHA-2, the next in the series of the secure hashing algorithm family, the National Institute of Standards and Technology still believes that it is necessary to hold a competition to select a new algorithm to be added to the current secure hashing algorithm family. The new algorithm will be chosen through a public competition. The entries will be evaluated with different kinds of criteria, such as security, performance and implementation characteristics. These criteria will not only cover the domain of software, but the domain of hardware as well. This is the motivation of this thesis. This thesis will describe the experiments and measurements done to evaluate the SHA-3 cryptographic hash function candidates' performance on both ASIC and FPGA devices. The methodology, metrics, implementation details, and the framework of the experiments will be described. The results on both hardware devices will be shown and possible future directions will be discussed.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05172011-141328en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05172011-141328/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/32932en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartHuang_S_T_2011.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectCryptographyen
dc.subjectSecurityen
dc.subjectSHA-3en
dc.subjectHardware Evaluationen
dc.titleHardware Evaluation of SHA-3 Candidatesen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineElectrical and Computer Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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