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

Dominic Tarr committed on 5/6/2015, 4:18:15 AM
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secure-private-channels:-the-good,-the-bad,-and-the-ugly.mdView
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188	188	Alice and Bob (simultaniously): here is the random number you gave me.
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190	190	> Alice and Bob both send back the the nonce the other sent to them. This confirms they are authorized with the other peer, and can now begin secure communication. (NOTE: this means that the first nonce.length bytes of the ciphertext are a [high entropy] plaintext known to an eavesdropper) I don't think there is any special reason to send the nonce back, it might as well be the string "ACCESS GRANTED" (unless I am mistaken?)
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	192	+ipfs-secure-channel is quite simple, although it could be a little simpler I think. It's basic properties are reasonable, although I think it would be better to remove cipher suite selection because that creates a better primitive.

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