Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of NewCaps/WhatCouldGoWrong


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Timestamp:
2009-10-11T00:50:00Z (15 years ago)
Author:
davidsarah
Comment:

r -> n (r would have been more consistent, but n is what the diagram uses)

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  • NewCaps/WhatCouldGoWrong

    v4 v5  
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    33||#||''what bad thing could happen''||''how''||''who could do it''||''what could they target''||''what crypto property prevents it''||''how expensive to brute force''||
    4 ||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^(''r''+''t'')/2^||
    5 ||2||unauthorized read||attack the encryption of ''K1'' with ''R''||anyone||any one file||the cipher's security and the secrecy of the read-key ''R''||2^''r''^||
    6 ||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'')||2^''r''+''t''^||
     4||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^||
     5||2||unauthorized read||attack the encryption of ''K1'' with ''R''||anyone||any one file||the cipher's security and the secrecy of the read-key ''R''||2^''n''^||
     6||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'')||2^''n''+''t''^||
    77||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''^||
    88||5||unauthorized read||attack the encryption of the plaintext with ''K1''||anyone||any one file||the cipher's security and the secrecy of the encryption key ''K1''||2^''k''^||
    99||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 attack on ''R'' is !#2||
     10
     11where ''k'' = bitlength(''K1''), ''n'' = bitlength(''R''), ''t'' = bitlength(''T'').
    1012
    11131. ''shape-shifter immutable file'': creator creates more than one file matching the immutable file readcap