git ssb - Updated secure private channels: the good, the bad, and the ugly (markdown)

Dominic Tarr committed on 5/7/2015, 12:23:41 AM
Parent: 902278bc374997e5c739c1dafde4c2c9e6909b08

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secure-private-channels:-the-good,-the-bad,-and-the-ugly.mdView
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132	132	> Bob sends his temporary identity to Alices temporary identity.
133	133	> Bob does not know who Alice is yet, but he knows that Alice knows who he is,
134	134	> (otherwise he would not have been able to decrypt her message!)
135		-> so he boxes it as Bob.
	135	+> so he boxes it as Bob (note: this means an eavesdropper who knows bob's long term key can confirm this server is bob... but this is likely to be public information anyway?)
136	136	> the cookie is actually some secret information that bob wants to use again
137		-> but he sends it to alice because he is busy and doesn't want to remember it (allocate memory)
	137	+> but he sends it to Alice because he is busy and doesn't want to remember it (allocate memory)
138	138	> because he is worried about people wasting his time (Denial of Service attacks)
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140	140	Alice now knows that she is talking to Bob, and that Bob knows she knows this.
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