Vendor: Rambus, Inc. Category: Hash / MAC

Standalone stateful hash-based signatures software library

The SHSlib is a standalone stateful hash-based signatures software library, which provides signature verification for stateful ha…

Overview

The SHSlib is a standalone stateful hash-based signatures software library, which provides signature verification for stateful hash-based signatures.

SHSlib implements SHA-256 operation in software and has hardware integration with the EIP-120. In addition, it can be integrated with another hardware SHA core for acceleration.

The library is optimized for minimal footprint and stack usage, and it is designed to be hardware and OS agnostic.

Key features

  • Fast and minimal LMS and XMSS software library
  • Bare-metal, no OS nor HW dependencies
  • Hardware acceleration option for SHA-256
  • Single API for both HW and SW
  • Support for integrating third-party SW or HW SHA-256 implementation
  • Written in clear, highly portable C source code
  • Engineer-level support and regular updates provided under maintenance
  • Specifications
    • RFC 8391: XMSS: eXtended Merkle Signature Scheme
    • RFC 8554: LMS: Leighton-Micali Hash-Based Signatures
    • NIST SP 800-208 – Recommendation for Stateful Hash-Based Signature Schemes
    • RFC 6234: US Secure Hash Algorithms (SHA and SHA-based HMAC and HKDF)
  • Supported Parameter Sets:
    • LMS:
      • LMS_SHA256_M32_H10
      • LMS_SHA256_M32_H15
      • LMS_SHA256_M32_H20
      • LMOTS_SHA256_N32_W4
    • XMSS:
      • XMSS-SHA2_10_256
      • XMSS-SHA2_16_256
      • XMSS-SHA2_20_256
  • Use Cases
    • Secure boot
    • Firmware update
    • No OS, resource constrained environment
    • Quantum Safe requirements for above

Specifications

Identity

Part Number
antum Safe IPsec Toolkit
Vendor
Rambus, Inc.
Type
Silicon IP

Files

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Provider

Rambus, Inc.
HQ: USA

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