Dynamic Countermeasure Against the Zero Power Analysis

Elliptic Curve Cryptography can be vulnerable to Side-Channel Attacks, such as the Zero Power Analysis (ZPA). This attack takes advantage of the occurrence of special points that bring a zero-value when computing a doubling or an addition of points. This paper consists in analysing this attack. Some properties of the said special points are explicited. A novel dynamic countermeasure is described . The elliptic curve formulæ are up dated depending on the elliptic curve and the provided base point.

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Source https://inria.hal.science/hal-00934336
Author Danger, Jean-Luc, Guilley, Sylvain, Hoogvorst, Philippe, Murdica, Cédric, Naccache, David
Maintainer CCSD
Last Updated May 7, 2026, 07:48 (UTC)
Created May 7, 2026, 07:48 (UTC)
Identifier Report N°: IACR Cryptology ePrint Archive 2013: 764 (2013)
Language en
contributor Télécom ParisTech
creator Danger, Jean-Luc
date 2013-05-07T00:00:00
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harvest_source_title test moissonnage SELUNE
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