side-channel

plural side-channels

1. Alternative form of sidechannel.
   1. An indirect source of information about what a system is doing.

      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.

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

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      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.

      2006, Josep Domingo-Ferrer, Joachim Posegga, Daniel Schreckling, Smart Card Research and Advanced Applications, →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].

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

   2. A branch from the main flow

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

      2012, Felix Unger, Assisted Circulation 3, →ISBN

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      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.

      1998, Sacramento River Bank Projection Project, Implementation of Streambank Protection for the Lower American River

      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.

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

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

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