[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [tahoe-lafs] #489: reconsider update-write-enabler plan, allows an attack

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#489: reconsider update-write-enabler plan, allows an attack
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     Reporter:  warner        |      Owner:
         Type:  defect        |     Status:  closed
     Priority:  major         |  Milestone:  undecided
    Component:  code-mutable  |    Version:  1.1.0
   Resolution:  invalid       |   Keywords:  newcaps security
Launchpad Bug:                |
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Changes (by davidsarah):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => invalid


Comment:

 If we support updating write-enablers then we will probably do so using
 the protocol invented at the first Tahoe-LAFS summit, described in #1426,
 which is not subject to the attack described here.

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Ticket URL: <http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/489#comment:4>
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