Research Project Title
The Security of Elliptic Curve Cryptosystems

Principal Investigators
Richard Blahut
Nigel Boston

Unit #16

The huge upsurge in electronic commerce has produced an urgent need for information protection. In limited environments, industry is forced to turn to sophisticated mathematical cryptosystems. We propose furthering our interaction with the Digital Technology Lab in Schaumburg, IL, by setting up co-advising of students, whereby students learn at UIUC the theory behind potential attacks (both mathematical and physical) on these cryptosystems and apply it to the security problems faced by Motorola in its production of cellular phones, software definable radio, smart cards, etc. In turn we at UIUC will get feedback on what problems are important in practice.

The Illinois Center for Cryptography and Information Protection (ICCIP)