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Fault-Based Attack of RSA Authentication



Hi everyone,

I thought this might be of interest to the list.   Pellegrini, Bertacco
and Austin at U of Michigan have found an interesting way to deduce the
secret key by fluctuating a device's power supply.  Its a minimal threat
against servers, but against hand held devices its more practical.  The
openssl people say there's an easy fix by salting.

Here's some referneces:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/04/severe_openssl_vulnerability/

http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~valeria/research/publications/DATE10RSA.pdf


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Anthony G. Basile, Ph.D.
Chair of Information Technology
D'Youville College
Buffalo, NY 14201
USA

(716) 829-8197



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