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Re:Tempest attacks against AES: Stealing keys using minimal ... by calculat0r on Friday June 23, 2017 @10:46AM (#14619539)
What mode of operation of AES was used for the analysis?
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Re:Tempest attacks against AES: Stealing keys using minimal ... by JoachimSchipper on Friday June 23, 2017 @10:52AM (#14619580)
ECB, I think? The focus was definitely on attacking the crypto core per se.

(Of course, ECB is almost certainly a bad idea if you're trying to build an actual application!)

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Re:Tempest attacks against AES: Stealing keys using minimal ... by cramsay on Friday June 23, 2017 @01:05PM (#14620746)
Yes, ECB, although other modes would only require superficial changes. In practice the harder task is actually identifying the mode in use!
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