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Four-way encoding aims to beat smartcard hackers

Posted: 28 May 2002  Print Version  Bookmark and Share Subscribe

Keywords: smartcard  processor design  CMOS circuitry  SRAM 

[Summary of tips] A smartcard architecture based on asynchronous design techniques has been proposed as a solution to a hacking technique that could compromise existing crypto-processor designs.The hack uses light from a flash gun focused through a microscope to create glitches in CMOS circuitry, for example by flipping the value of individual b......
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