Electronic Design

Cryptographic Fundamentals

Members can download this article in PDF format. The security of cryptographic applications critically relies on symmetric keys and private keys that are continually kept secret. The method used to ...
EDN

Cryptography IP Cores for FPGA and ASIC Designs

Microsemi Corporation announced it has achieved National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) algorithmic certification on its U.S.-developed EnforcIT™ Cryptography Suite of National Security ...
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IP Cores, Inc. Announces Shipment of a New Version of its SHA Family of Hash Cores

IP Cores, Inc. . Announces Shipment of a New Version of its SHA Family of IP Cores for Cryptographic Hashes. Palo Alto, California -- April 8, 2010 --IP Cores, Inc ...
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FortifyIQ's Compact Crypto Box IP Core for Resource-Constrained Devices (AES, HMAC SHA2, ECC/RSA etc.)

FortifyIQ’s Crypto Box IP core is a compact, power-efficient cryptographic engine that combines essential asymmetric algorithms (RSA, ECC) with high-s ...
Threat Post

Timing attack in Google Keyczar library

I recently found a security flaw in the Google Keyczar crypto library. The impact was that an attacker could forge signatures for data that was “signed” with the SHA-1 HMAC algorithm (the default ...