Re: [Cfrg] [TLS] 3DES diediedie

["Hilarie Orman" <[e-mail]>]

[e-mail] writes:

>  Aloha!

Aloha auinala.

>  Hilarie Orman wrote:
>  > An ARM is far too much hardware to throw at "read sensor/munge
>  > data/send data".

>  No, they are not. The Cortex M0+ is aimed at these kinds of very simple
>  systems that runs for many years on a single battery.

>  Look at the STM32L0 series from ST for example. These devices can run on
>  energy harvesting and very tiny physically and very, very cheap (ten-ish
>  cents in high volume):

>  http://www.st.com/content/st_com/en/products/microcontrollers/stm32-32-bit-arm-cortex-mcus/stm32l0-series.html?querycriteria=productId=SS1817

>  The STM32L021 has an AES-128 core. Not very fast (200+ cycles), but
>  several times faster than SW. You can also run the AES core wile the CPU
>  core is in power save mode.

>  Another example is the Zero Gecko from Silicon Labs. Same price range, a
>  huge number of power modes. And an AES core that is really fast. 50+
>  cycles for AES-128, which basically means 4 cycles/round (which implies
>  4 S-boxes)

>  https://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/32-bit/efm32-zero-gecko/pages/efm32-zero-gecko.aspx

For devices you refer to, how many AES blocks can they encrypt on a AA
battery, assuming that the usage is to encrypt one block every 10 minutes?

Hilarie