Title :
Truncation attacks on MACs
Author_Institution :
Inf. Security Group, Univ. of London, Holloway, UK
Abstract :
A new type of attack on message authentication codes (MACs) is introduced which takes advantage of possible weaknesses in interfaces to hardware security modules. In particular, if a module does not fix the degree of MAC truncation employed, then potentially serious attacks are possible.
Keywords :
cryptography; message authentication; MACs; hardware security modules; message authentication codes; truncation attacks;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20030921
