Accelerating the AES encryption function in OpenSSL for embedded systems
The internet is an insecure medium and hence, there is an increasing demand for measures to guarantee data privacy and integrity in the associated computer systems and networks. However, data protection and network security comes at a very high cost in the supporting embedded systems. While there ar...
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| author | Mohd. Hani, Mohamed Khalil P. Nambiar, Vishnu M. Zabidi, Muhammad |
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| description | The internet is an insecure medium and hence, there is an increasing demand for measures to guarantee data privacy and integrity in the associated computer systems and networks. However, data protection and network security comes at a very high cost in the supporting embedded systems. While there are freely available solutions such as the OpenSSL library, the performance of most embedded processors, on their own, are just not adequate enough to perform cryptography for real-time network security applications. In this paper, we focus on the implementation of a cryptographic (crypto) embedded system, deploying an Altera Nios II embedded processor working with an AES encryption hardware accelerator. The RTOS applied is uClinux, on which the OpenSSL library has been ported and cross-compiled. Experimental results show that hardware acceleration can improve, significantly, the performance of OpenSSL crypto functions and hence, of the SSL connection as well. |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-129212022-04-29T21:53:52Z http://eprints.utm.my/12921/ Accelerating the AES encryption function in OpenSSL for embedded systems Mohd. Hani, Mohamed Khalil P. Nambiar, Vishnu M. Zabidi, Muhammad TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering The internet is an insecure medium and hence, there is an increasing demand for measures to guarantee data privacy and integrity in the associated computer systems and networks. However, data protection and network security comes at a very high cost in the supporting embedded systems. While there are freely available solutions such as the OpenSSL library, the performance of most embedded processors, on their own, are just not adequate enough to perform cryptography for real-time network security applications. In this paper, we focus on the implementation of a cryptographic (crypto) embedded system, deploying an Altera Nios II embedded processor working with an AES encryption hardware accelerator. The RTOS applied is uClinux, on which the OpenSSL library has been ported and cross-compiled. Experimental results show that hardware acceleration can improve, significantly, the performance of OpenSSL crypto functions and hence, of the SSL connection as well. Elsevier 2009 Article PeerReviewed Mohd. Hani, Mohamed Khalil and P. Nambiar, Vishnu and M. Zabidi, Muhammad (2009) Accelerating the AES encryption function in OpenSSL for embedded systems. International Journal of Information and Communication Technology, 2 (1-2). pp. 83-93. ISSN 1466-6642 http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJICT.2009.026432 DOI: 10.1504/IJICT.2009.026432 |
| spellingShingle | TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Mohd. Hani, Mohamed Khalil P. Nambiar, Vishnu M. Zabidi, Muhammad Accelerating the AES encryption function in OpenSSL for embedded systems |
| title | Accelerating the AES encryption function in OpenSSL for embedded systems |
| title_full | Accelerating the AES encryption function in OpenSSL for embedded systems |
| title_fullStr | Accelerating the AES encryption function in OpenSSL for embedded systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Accelerating the AES encryption function in OpenSSL for embedded systems |
| title_short | Accelerating the AES encryption function in OpenSSL for embedded systems |
| title_sort | accelerating the aes encryption function in openssl for embedded systems |
| topic | TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering |
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