10.5281/zenodo.56622
https://zenodo.org/records/56622
oai:zenodo.org:56622
Rožić, Vladimir
Vladimir
Rožić
KU Leuven
Yang, Bohan
Bohan
Yang
KU Leuven
Mentens, Nele
Nele
Mentens
KU Leuven
Verbauwhede, Ingrid
Ingrid
Verbauwhede
KU Leuven
Canary Numbers: Design for Light-weight Online Testability of True Random Number Generators
Zenodo
2016
2016-05-02
Presentation
https://zenodo.org/communities/hector
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International
We introduce the concept of canary numbers, to be used in health tests for true random number generators. Health tests are essential components of true random number generators because they are used to detect defects and failures of the entropy source. These tests need to be lightweight, low-latency and highly reliable. The proposed solution uses canary numbers which are an extra output of the entropy source of lower quality. This enables an early-warning attack detection before the output of the generator is compromised. We illustrate the idea with 2 case studies of true random number generators implemented on aXilinx Spartan-6 FPGA.
H2020 644052 / HECTOR