Cryptographics: Exploiting Graphics Cards for Security

By Debra Cook and Angelos D. Keromytis

Book Overview

Software that covertly monitors user actions, also known as spyware, has become a first-level security threat due to its ubiquity and the difficulty of detecting and removing it. This is especially so for video conferencing, thin-client computing (computers that depend primarily on a central server for processing activities) and Internet cafes. CryptoGraphics explores the potential for implementing ciphers within graphics processing units (GPUs). A prototype application involving streaming video and GPU-based encryption and decryption is also described, illustrating the benefits and issues of running a cipher within a GPU. By enabling encryption and decryption in a GPU, unencrypted display data can be confined to the GPU to avoid exposing it to any malware running on the operating system.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441939644
• ISBN13: 9781441939647
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"