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Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 09:21:41 -0500 (EST)
From: Christof Paar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: WPI Crypto Seminar: ;
Subject: WPI Crypto Seminar, Monday, Nov 15
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WPI Cryptography Seminar
A High-Speed FPGA Implementation of Serpent
Adam Elbirt
WPI
Monday, November 15
4:30 pm, AK 218
(refreshments at 4:15 pm)
With the expiration of the Data Encryption Standard (DES) in 1998, the
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) development process is well underway.
It is hoped that the result of the AES process will be the specification
of a new non-classified encryption algorithm that will have the global
acceptance achieved by DES as well as the capability of long-term
protection of sensitive information. The technical analysis used in
determining which of the potential AES candidates will be selected as the
Advanced Encryption Algorithm includes efficiency testing of both hardware
and software implementations of candidate algorithms. Reprogrammable
devices such as Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) are highly
attractive options for hardware implementations of encryption algorithms
as they provide cryptographic algorithm agility, physical security, and
potentially much higher performance than software solutions.
This contribution investigates the significance of an FPGA implementation
of Serpent, one of the AES candidate algorithms. Multiple architecture
options of the Serpent algorithm will be explored with a strong focus
being placed on a high speed implementation within an FPGA, in order to
support security for current and future high bandwidth applications. One
of the main findings is that Serpent can be implemented with encryption
rates beyond 4 Gbit/s on current commercially available FPGAs.
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DIRECTIONS:
The WPI Cryptoseminar is being held in the Atwater Kent building on the
WPI campus. The Atwater Kent building is at the intersection of the
extension of West Street (labeled "Private Way) and Salisbury Street.
Directions to the campus can be found at
http://www.wpi.edu/About/Visitors/directions.html
ATTENDANCE:
The seminar is open to everyone and free of charge. Simply send me a brief
email if you plan to attend.
TALKS IN THE FALL '99 SEMESTER:
10/4 Berk Sunar, SITI
Comparison of Elliptic Curve Implementations
10/18 Jim Goodman, MIT
Energy Scalable Reconfigurable Cryptographic
Hardware for Portable Applications
10/28 Brendon Chetwynd, WPI/Raytheon
Towards an Universal Block Cipher Module
11/15 Adam Elbirt, WPI
A High-Speed FPGA Implementation of Serpent
12/6 Richard Stanley, GTE Labs
Using Cryptography to Combat Wireless Fraud -- A Case Study
See
http://www.ece.WPI.EDU/Research/crypt/seminar/index.html
for talk abstracts.
MAILING LIST:
If you want to be added to the mailing list and receive talk
announcements together with abstracts, please send me a short mail.
Likewise, if you want to be removed from the list, just send me a
short mail.
Regards,
Christof Paar
! WORKSHOP ON CRYPTOGRAPHIC HARDWARE AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (CHES 2000)!
! WPI, August 17 & 18, 2000 !
! http://www.ece.wpi.edu/Research/crypt/ches !
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Christof Paar, Assistant Professor
Cryptography and Information Security (CRIS) Group
ECE Dept., WPI, 100 Institute Rd., Worcester, MA 01609, USA
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