DPA contest website

The different editions of the DPA contest

First edition (finished): The first edition, organized by Télécom ParisTech, was launched during CHES'08 and its results were announced during CHES'09. This edition was an SCA evaluation contest against an implementation of DES on a custom ASIC.
Second edition (finished): The second edition, organized by Télécom ParisTech, was launched in January 2009 and its results were announced during COSADE'11. This edition was also an SCA evaluation contest against an implementation of AES on a FPGA (on SASEBO GII board).
Third edition (opened): The third edition, organized by AIST and Télécom ParisTech, will be launched during COSADE'11. This edition is an acquisition contest based on the SASEBO GII board.
Fourth edition (will open in 2011): The fourth edition, organized by Télécom ParisTech, will be launched during 2011. This edition is an SCA evaluation contest against a protected hardware or software (to be defined) implementation of AES on a FPGA (on SASEBO GII board).

Education and open benchmarking on side-channel analysis with the DPA contests. Jean-Luc DANGER, Guillaume DUC, Sylvain GUILLEY and Laurent SAUVAGE. Non-Invasive Attack Testing Workshop (NIAT). Septembre 2011.
Results of the 2009-2010 "DPA contest v2". Guillaume DUC, Sylvain GUILLEY, Laurent SAUVAGE, Florent FLAMENT, Maxime NASSAR, Nidhal SELMANE, Jean-Luc DANGER, Tarik GRABA, Yves MATHIEU and Renaud PACALET. International Workshop on Constructive Side-Channel Analysis and Secure Design (COSADE). February 2011.
Overview of the 2009-2010 "DPA contest v2" (preliminary results of DPA contest v2). Guillaume DUC, Sylvain GUILLEY, Laurent SAUVAGE, Florent FLAMENT, Maxime NASSAR, Nidhal SELMANE, Jean-Luc DANGER, Tarik GRABA, Yves MATHIEU and Renaud PACALET. Workshop on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems (CHES). August 2010.