New software speed records for cryptographic pairings

M. Naehrig, R.F. Niederhagen, P. Schwabe

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Abstract

Abstract This paper presents new software speed records for the computation of cryptographic pairings. More specifically, we present details of an implementation which computes the optimal ate pairing on a 257-bit Barreto-Naehrig curve in only 4,470,408 cycles on one core of an Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 processor. This speed is achieved by combining 1.) state-of-the-art high-level optimization techniques, 2.) a new representation of elements in the underlying finite fields which makes use of the special modulus arising from the Barreto-Naehrig curve construction, and 3.) implementing arithmetic in this representation using the double-precision floating-point SIMD instructions of the AMD64 architecture. Keywords: Pairings, Barreto-Naehrig curves, ate pairing, AMD64 architecture, modular arithmetic, SIMD floating-point instructions.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProgress in Cryptology - LATINCRYPT 2010 (First International Conference on Cryptology and Information Security in Latin America, Puebla, Mexico, August 8-11, 2010. Proceedings)
EditorsM. Abdalla, P.S.L.M. Barretto
Place of PublicationBerlin
PublisherSpringer
Pages109-123
ISBN (Print)978-3-642-14711-1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume6212
ISSN (Print)0302-9743

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