SPICE Simulation of a "Provably Secure"  True Random Number Generator

Markus Dichtl; Bernd Meyer; Hermann Seuschek

Paper 2008/403 Original: eprint.iacr.org/2008/403 ↗

SPICE Simulation of a "Provably Secure" True Random Number Generator

Markus Dichtl

Bernd Meyer

Hermann Seuschek

Abstract

In their paper "A Provably Secure True Random Number Generator with Built-in Tolerance to Active Attacks", B. Sunar, W. Martin, and D. Stinson propose a design for a true random number generator. Using SPICE simulation we study the behaviour of their random number generator and show that practical implementations result in a too high frequency signal to be processed with current CMOS technology.

Metadata

Available format(s): PDF
Category: Implementation
Publication info: Preprint.
History: 2008-09-24: last updated; 2008-09-24: published
Short URL: https://ia.cr/2008/403
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2008/403,
      author = {Markus Dichtl and Bernd Meyer and Hermann Seuschek},
      title = {SPICE Simulation of a "Provably Secure"  True Random Number Generator},
      howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2008/403},
      year = {2008},
      url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2008/403}
}