1. Faulty isogenies: a new kind of leakage
- Author
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Adj, Gora, Chi-Domínguez, Jesús-Javier, Mateu, Víctor, and Rodríguez-Henríquez, Francisco
- Subjects
Mathematics - Number Theory ,Computer Science - Cryptography and Security - Abstract
In SIDH and SIKE protocols, public keys are defined over quadratic extensions of prime fields. We present in this work a projective invariant property characterizing affine Montgomery curves defined over prime fields. We then force a secret 3-isogeny chain to repeatedly pass through a curve defined over a prime field in order to exploit the new property and inject zeros in the A-coefficient of an intermediate curve to successfully recover the isogeny chain one step at a time. Our results introduce a new kind of fault attacks applicable to SIDH and SIKE., Comment: Update: extended countermeasures
- Published
- 2022