Power Analysis Attacks: Revealing the Secrets of Smart Cards

by Stefan Mangard, Thomas Popp, Elisabeth Oswald

Book Overview

Smart cards are used as ATM cards, credit cards, SIM cards, signature cards, pay TV cards and citizen cards. The security of these cards is of crucial importance. Power analysis attacks are one of the most effective attacks against cryptographic tokens like smart cards; in such an attack, the power consumption of a token is measured in order to determine the secret key that is used by the token. Power Analysis Attacks: Revealing the Secrets...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B007YZPLKI
• ISBN13: 9780387308579
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.3"