Changes between Version 14 and Version 15 of NewCaps/WhatCouldGoWrong

Timestamp:

2009-10-11T02:17:11Z (15 years ago)

Author:

davidsarah

Comment:

security and seeding of RNG that generated K1

NewCaps/WhatCouldGoWrong

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 ||3||forgery of immutable file||generate a matching read-cap (''R'',''T'') for someone else's file||anyone||any one file||the hash function's and cap format's second-pre-image resistance on (''R'',''T''). This also depends on the encryption of ''K1'' being deterministic and correct.||2^''n''+''t''^||
 ||4||roadblock or speedbump [footnote 2]||generate (''K1enc'',''Dhash'',''V'') that hash to someone else's ''T'', and copy their ''S''||anyone||any one file||the hash function's and cap format's collision resistance on ''T''||2^''t''^||
-||5||unauthorized read||attack the encryption of the plaintext with ''K1''||anyone||any one file||the security of the encryption scheme used for the plaintext, and the secrecy of the encryption key ''K1''||2^''k''^||
+||5||unauthorized read||attack the encryption of the plaintext with ''K1''||anyone||any one file||the security of the encryption scheme used for the plaintext, and the secrecy of the encryption key ''K1''. The latter also depends on the security and seeding of the RNG that generated it.||2^''k''^||
 ||6||unauthorized read||figure out the input to the hash function that generates ''S''||anyone||any one file||the hash function's pre-image resistance on ''S''||brute force on ''R'' is !#2||
 ||7||unauthorized deletion||brute force KD||anyone||any one file||secrecy of ''KD''||2^''d''^||