Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Timing attack threatens private keys on SSL servers

Elliptic-curve curveball crypto mobe method menace

Security researchers have discovered a "timing attack" that creates a possible mechanism for a hacker to extract the secret key of a TLS/SSL server that uses elliptic curve cryptography (ECC).?

Source: http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/25/elliptic_curve_crypto_security_attack/

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