Changes between Version 16 and Version 17 of NewCaps/WhatCouldGoWrong

Timestamp:

2009-10-11T02:24:24Z (15 years ago)

Author:

davidsarah

Comment:

cost of attack #2

NewCaps/WhatCouldGoWrong

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 ||#||''what bad thing could happen''||''how''||''who could do it''||''what could they target''||''what crypto property prevents it''||''how expensive to brute force'' [footnote 5]||
 ||1||shape-shifter immutable file [footnote 1]||collide read-cap (''R'',''T'')||creator of a file||their own file||the hash function's and cap format's collision resistance on the read-cap (''R'',''T''). This also depends on the encryption of ''K1'' being deterministic and correct.||2^(''n''+''t'')/2^||
-||2||unauthorized read||attack the encryption of ''K1'' with ''R''||anyone||any one file||the security of the encryption scheme used for ''K1'', and the secrecy of the read-key ''R''||2^''n''^||
+||2||unauthorized read||attack the encryption of ''K1'' with ''R''||anyone||any one file||the security of the encryption scheme used for ''K1'', and the secrecy of the read-key ''R''||2^min(''n'',''k'')^||
 ||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''^||