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| author | Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> | 2017-08-16 11:41:25 -0700 |
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| committer | Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> | 2017-08-16 11:41:25 -0700 |
| commit | 379f036b39e0f7dac360ba04b281f6ea4ce8f20e (patch) | |
| tree | 01a86517d6234562088561c3c4b51365ed722807 /doc/todo/delay_some_uploads_to_prevent_correlation.mdwn | |
| parent | 680449e656820db2b899a8631060cf62359b9b74 (diff) | |
| parent | 0229f026b1ae0344c4c052593564800035268d81 (diff) | |
| download | keysafe-379f036b39e0f7dac360ba04b281f6ea4ce8f20e.tar.gz | |
Merge tag '0.20170811'
tagging package keysafe version 0.20170811
# gpg: Signature made Fri 11 Aug 2017 03:58:54 PM MST
# gpg: using RSA key 28A500C35207EAB72F6C0F25DB12DB0FF05F8F38
# gpg: Good signature from "Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name>" [full]
# Primary key fingerprint: E85A 5F63 B31D 24C1 EBF0 D81C C910 D922 2512 E3C7
# Subkey fingerprint: 28A5 00C3 5207 EAB7 2F6C 0F25 DB12 DB0F F05F 8F38
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diff --git a/doc/todo/delay_some_uploads_to_prevent_correlation.mdwn b/doc/todo/delay_some_uploads_to_prevent_correlation.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5b9e324 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/delay_some_uploads_to_prevent_correlation.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +In backup, only upload to some servers immediately, and delay the rest +for up to several days, with some uploads of chaff, to prevent +collaborating evil servers from correlating related shards. + +How many servers should be uploaded to immediately? The safe answer is at least +M (--neededshares); that way the secret key does get backed up immediately. + +Uploading to less would be more secure, but risks the user thinking it +finished backing up the key, and eg, wiping their laptop. So careful +messaging would be needed in this case. + +Might just upload M-1 shares immediatly, and show a dialog saying, the +backup will be completed next Wednesday, or click here to finish it now. + +---- + +Also, when there are multiple chunks, they are currently uploaded in order. +That could easily be shuffled, with server A getting its share of chunk 2 +first, server B its share of chunk 3 first, etc. |