timingsidechannel
timingsidechannel refers to a type of side-channel attack that exploits variations in the timing of cryptographic operations to extract secret information. Unlike power analysis or electromagnetic attacks that measure physical emanations, timing attacks focus on the time it takes for a device to perform computations. Attackers observe how long it takes for an encryption or decryption process to complete under different inputs. If the execution time of an algorithm varies based on the secret key or other sensitive data, an attacker can infer information about that data by measuring these timing differences.
These attacks are often applicable to algorithms that have data-dependent execution paths, meaning certain operations take
Mitigation strategies for timing side-channel attacks typically involve making the execution time of cryptographic operations constant