Energy Drain and Hardware Requirements: Which Is The Best Lightweight Cryptography Method from the NIST Finalists?
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3 min readDec 28, 2022
And, so, NIST are getting close to announcing the winner of the NIST finalists for LWC (Light Weight Cryptography). These are: ASCON, Elephant, GIFT-COFB, Grain128-AEAD, ISAP, Photon-Beetle, Romulus, Sparkle, TinyJambu, and Xoodyak. These focus on AEAD (Authenticated Encryption with Additional…