Modular Reduction in GF(2n) without Pre-computational Phase

  • Authors:
  • M. Knežević;K. Sakiyama;J. Fan;I. Verbauwhede

  • Affiliations:
  • Department Electrical Engineering - ESAT/SCD-COSIC and IBBT, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven-Heverlee, Belgium B-3001;Department Electrical Engineering - ESAT/SCD-COSIC and IBBT, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven-Heverlee, Belgium B-3001 and Dept. of Information and Communication Eng., University of Electro- ...;Department Electrical Engineering - ESAT/SCD-COSIC and IBBT, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven-Heverlee, Belgium B-3001;Department Electrical Engineering - ESAT/SCD-COSIC and IBBT, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven-Heverlee, Belgium B-3001

  • Venue:
  • WAIFI '08 Proceedings of the 2nd international workshop on Arithmetic of Finite Fields
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

In this study we show how modular multiplication with Barrett and Montgomery reductions over certain finite fields of characteristic 2 can be implemented efficiently without using a pre-computational phase. We extend the set of moduli that is recommended by Standards for Efficient Cryptography (SEC) by defining two distinct sets for which either Barrett or Montgomery reduction is applicable. As the proposed algorithm is very suitable for a fast modular multiplication, we propose an architecture for the fast modular multiplier that can efficiently be used without pre-computing the inverse of the modulus.