side-channel

See also: sidechannel

English

Noun

side-channel (plural side-channels)

1. Alternative form of sidechannel
   1. An indirect source of information about what a system is doing.
      • 2006, Josep Domingo-Ferrer, Joachim Posegga, Daniel Schreckling, Smart Card Research and Advanced Applications, →ISBN:

        Security against side-channel attacks is especially significant in situations where ciphers are implemented in hardware like smart cards or tamper-resistant devices, where secrets are meant to be closely guarded and thus no room for compromise via leakage of secrets.

      • 2012, Sara Foresti, Moti Young, Fabio Martinelli, Computer Security -- ESORICS 2012, →ISBN:

        This attack has been applied by Klima et al. to popular realworld implementations of the SSL protocol by incorporating an additional side-channel which was a version number check over PKCS#1 plaintext [17].

      • 2016, Bhavani Thuraisingham, XiaoFeng Wang, Vinod Yegneswaran, Security and Privacy in Communication Networks, →ISBN, page 290:

        For simple power analysis, we explore whether or not instructions can lead to consistently distinguishable side-channel information, and if so, how the side-channel characteristics differ.

   2. A branch from the main flow
      • 1998, Sacramento River Bank Projection Project, Implementation of Streambank Protection for the Lower American River:

        The primary concerns in the development of side-channel habitat are channel stability, potential for deposition and burial, and disturbance of existing riparian and wetland habitats.

      • 2006, Hydropower Relicensing, Clackamas River Hydroelectric Project: Environmental Impact Statement:

        Access to side-channels by baseflows (i.e., the side-channel entrance is just barely inundated) does not necessarily create 1+ coho habitat, although seepage into side-channel segments may have created important habitat toward the lower portions of some side-channels.

      • 2012, Felix Unger, Assisted Circulation 3, →ISBN:

        We have constructed such a system with a side-channel pump (Fig.7).

      • 2016, George Constantinescu, Marcelo Garcia, Dan Hanes, River Flow 2016, →ISBN, page 108:

        Once inside the side-channel, sediment was swept to the left hand side of the channel by the vortex.

Coordinate terms

• back channel

Anagrams

• candleshine, channelised