Evaluation Tools for Multivariate Side-Channel Analysis
Alexander Herrmann, Marc Stöttinger · 2015
The goal of side-channel evaluation is to estimate the vulnerability of an implementation against the most powerful attacks. In this paper, we present a closed equation for the success rate computation in a profiling-based side-channel analysis scenario. From this equation, we derive a metric that can be used for optimizing the attack scenario by finding the best set of considered points in time. Practical experiments demonstrate the advantages of this new method against other previously used feature selection algorithms.