This project showcase the performance of cryptographic algorithms accelerated using special hardware instructions, such as SHA-NI and AES-NI.
This source code is part of the research work titled: "SoK: A Performance Evaluation of Cryptographic Instruction Sets on Modern Architectures" by the authors:
- Armando Faz-Hernández, University of Campinas, Brazil.
- Julio López, University of Campinas, Brazil.
- Ana Karina D. S. de Oliveira, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.
A peer-reviewed paper will be presented in the The 5th ACM ASIA Public-Key Cryptography Workshop (APKC2018).
To cite this work use:
@inproceedings{faz_apkc2018,
author = {Faz-Hernandez, Armando and L\'{o}pez, Julio and
de~Oliveira, Ana Karina D. S.},
title = {SoK: A Performance Evaluation of Cryptographic
Instruction Sets on Modern Architectures},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 5th ACM on ASIA Public-Key
Cryptography Workshop},
series = {APKC '18},
year = {2018},
isbn = {978-1-4503-5756-2},
location = {Incheon, Republic of Korea},
pages = {9--18},
numpages = {10},
url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/3197507.3197511},
doi = {10.1145/3197507.3197511},
acmid = {3197511},
publisher = {ACM},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
keywords = {aes-ni, data encryption, hash-based digital signatures,
sha-ni, vector instructions},
}This library is a standalone C-language code. However, it is used the Google Test C++ library to perform unit tests.
You can install gtest library in your system as follows:
# dnf install gtest-develAlso, a C++ compiler is needed to compile the test program.
After cloning this project into your computer youcan perform either method to obtain the libraries and binaries.
$ git clone https://github.com/armfazh/flo-shani-aesni
This method uses CMake tool for compilation.
- Create a empty folder
$ cd flo-shani-aesni
$ mkdir build
$ cd build
- Then, configure the compilation:
$ CC=gcc CXX=g++ cmake ..
- You are free to choose your favorite compiler. After that, you must compile using:
$ make
- If everthing goes well, your will have a folder called
binwith the following files:
$ ls bin
bench_aegis
bench_aes
bench_sha256
This method uses classic Make tool for compilation:
$ cd flo-shani-aesni
$ make
- If everthing goes well, your will have a folder called
binwith the following files:
$ ls bin
bench_aegis
bench_aes
bench_sha256
- To run the benchmark of the SHA256 hashing function, execute:
$ bin/bench_sha256
Then, program will show you a table comparing the running time of the hash functions, for example:
$ bin/bench_sha256
== Start of Benchmark ===
Experiment: comparing OpenSSL vs SHANI
Running OpenSSL (shani):
Running OpenSSL (64-bit):
Running shani:
Cycles per byte
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║ Size ║ OpenSSL ║ OpenSSL ║This work║ Speedup ║
║ (bytes) ║ (x64) ║ (shani) ║ (shani) ║x64/shani║
╠═════════╩═════════╩═════════╩═════════╩═════════╣
║ 1║ 717.00║ 230.00║ 198.00║ 3.62║
║ 2║ 359.00║ 115.00║ 102.50║ 3.50║
║ 4║ 179.25║ 57.25║ 52.00║ 3.45║
║ 8║ 89.75║ 28.62║ 26.00║ 3.45║
║ 16║ 44.56║ 13.62║ 13.19║ 3.38║
║ 32║ 22.09║ 7.03║ 7.25║ 3.05║
║ 64║ 19.80║ 5.59║ 4.58║ 4.32║
║ 128║ 14.05║ 3.80║ 3.30║ 4.25║
║ 256║ 11.13║ 2.91║ 2.66║ 4.18║
║ 512║ 9.76║ 2.46║ 2.34║ 4.17║
║ 1024║ 9.11║ 2.24║ 2.18║ 4.18║
║ 2048║ 8.73║ 2.13║ 2.10║ 4.16║
║ 4096║ 8.54║ 2.08║ 2.06║ 4.15║
╚═════════╩═════════╩═════════╩═════════╩═════════╝
== End of Benchmark ===
- To run the benchmark of the AES encryption, execute:
$ bin/bench_aes
Then, the program will show you a table reporting the timings of the AES modes of operation:
$ bin/bench_aes
== Start of Benchmark ===
Multiple-message CBC-Encryption:
Running: CBC Enc
Running: CBC Enc 2w
Running: CBC Enc 4w
Running: CBC Enc 6w
Running: CBC Enc 8w
Cycles per byte
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║ bytes ║ 1x ║ 2x ║ 4x ║ 6x ║ 8x ║
╠═════════╩═════════╩═════════╩═════════╩═════════╩═════════╣
║ 1║ 21.00║ 13.50║ 8.25║ 7.17║ 6.38║
║ 2║ 10.50║ 6.75║ 4.12║ 3.67║ 3.00║
║ 4║ 5.25║ 3.38║ 2.12║ 1.79║ 1.47║
║ 8║ 2.62║ 1.69║ 1.03║ 0.92║ 0.77║
║ 16║ 1.31║ 0.84║ 0.53║ 0.45║ 0.38║
║ 32║ 1.44║ 0.88║ 0.53║ 0.44║ 0.39║
║ 64║ 1.58║ 0.94║ 0.59║ 0.46║ 0.38║
║ 128║ 1.82║ 1.15║ 0.64║ 0.47║ 0.38║
║ 256║ 2.24║ 1.24║ 0.67║ 0.47║ 0.38║
║ 512║ 2.45║ 1.29║ 0.67║ 0.47║ 0.37║
║ 1024║ 2.55║ 1.31║ 0.67║ 0.47║ 0.37║
║ 2048║ 2.60║ 1.32║ 0.68║ 0.47║ 0.37║
║ 4096║ 2.63║ 1.33║ 0.68║ 0.47║ 0.37║
╚═════════╩═════════╩═════════╩═════════╩═════════╩═════════╝
== End of Benchmark ===
- To run the benchmark of AEGIS cipher, execute:
$ bin/bench_aegis
Then, the program will print a table showing the timings:
$ bin/bench_aegis
=== Start Benchmarking ===
Running: Reference Implementation
Running: Optimized Implementation
Cycles per byte
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║ bytes ║Reference║Optimized║ Speedup ║ Savings ║
╠═════════╩═════════╩═════════╩═════════╩═════════╣
║ 1║ 119.00║ 132.00║ 0.90║ -10.92%║
║ 2║ 59.50║ 66.00║ 0.90║ -10.92%║
║ 4║ 29.00║ 31.50║ 0.92║ -8.62%║
║ 8║ 14.50║ 15.75║ 0.92║ -8.62%║
║ 16║ 5.56║ 5.44║ 1.02║ 2.25%║
║ 32║ 2.97║ 2.91║ 1.02║ 2.11%║
║ 64║ 1.67║ 1.62║ 1.03║ 2.80%║
║ 128║ 1.02║ 0.98║ 1.05║ 4.58%║
║ 256║ 0.72║ 0.66║ 1.10║ 8.70%║
║ 512║ 0.55║ 0.49║ 1.12║ 10.68%║
║ 1024║ 0.49║ 0.41║ 1.17║ 14.69%║
║ 2048║ 0.44║ 0.37║ 1.19║ 16.06%║
║ 4096║ 0.41║ 0.35║ 1.18║ 15.58%║
╚═════════╩═════════╩═════════╩═════════╩═════════╝
=== End Benchmarking ===
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