Post Quantum Cryptography Analysis of TLS Tunneling on a Constrained Device

Jon Barton, William Buchanan, Nikolaos Pitropakis, Sarwar Sayeed, Will Abramson

2022

Abstract

Advances in quantum computing make Shor’s algorithm for factorising numbers ever more tractable. This threatens the security of any cryptographic system which often relies on the difficulty of factorisation. It also threatens methods based on discrete logarithms, such as with the Diffie-Hellman key exchange method. For a cryptographic system to remain secure against a quantum adversary, we need to build methods based on a hard mathematical problem, which are not susceptible to Shor’s algorithm and create Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC). While high-powered computing devices may be able to run these new methods, we need to investigate how well these methods run on limited powered devices. This paper outlines an evaluation framework for PQC within constrained devices, and contributes to the area by providing benchmarks of the front-running algorithms on a popular single-board low-power device. It also introduces a set of five notions which can be considered to determine the robustness of particular algorithms.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Barton J., Buchanan W., Pitropakis N., Sayeed S. and Abramson W. (2022). Post Quantum Cryptography Analysis of TLS Tunneling on a Constrained Device. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - Volume 1: ICISSP, ISBN 978-989-758-553-1, pages 551-561. DOI: 10.5220/0010903000003120

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icissp22,
author={Jon Barton and William Buchanan and Nikolaos Pitropakis and Sarwar Sayeed and Will Abramson},
title={Post Quantum Cryptography Analysis of TLS Tunneling on a Constrained Device},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - Volume 1: ICISSP,},
year={2022},
pages={551-561},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010903000003120},
isbn={978-989-758-553-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - Volume 1: ICISSP,
TI - Post Quantum Cryptography Analysis of TLS Tunneling on a Constrained Device
SN - 978-989-758-553-1
AU - Barton J.
AU - Buchanan W.
AU - Pitropakis N.
AU - Sayeed S.
AU - Abramson W.
PY - 2022
SP - 551
EP - 561
DO - 10.5220/0010903000003120