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The expansion of digital data communication / transactions over unsecured networks (such as Internet) has led to a need to protect valuable information with cryptography. While conventional public-key encryption technologies offer a high level of security, they have certain inherent limitations in providing the same level of security and performance when operating in resource-constrained environments: mobile wireless devices, embedded systems (smart cards), server platforms or network processor that require a very high performance in terms of throughput.
To solve this challenge, the industry is looking towards new cryptographic technologies based on
Elliptic Curve (EC) and Hyper-Elliptic Curve (HEC) mathematical constructions
to realize the full potential of digital data communication / transactions. These technologies are quite new in the cryptographic industry (about 15 years) and a lot of efforts have still to be done in order to achieve the success of these promising technologies.
The objectives of
AREHCC
are to:
- Prove the robustness of these technologies,
- Advance the knowledge on EC and HEC implementations in software, smart card, server and silicon systems and,
- Educate the market to accept these technologies as industry standards.
To reach these objectives,
AREHCC
consists of 6 Work Programs (WP):
- WP1: State of the Art in Public-Key Cryptography
- WP2: Research on Efficient Elliptic Curve (EC) Algorithms
- WP3: Research on Hyper-Elliptic Curve (HEC)
- WP4: Algorithms Implementation in Smart Card and Server Environments
- WP5: Design and Simulation of EC in Silicon systems
- WP6: Design and Simulation of HEC in Silicon systems
- WP7: Dissemination and use Plan
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