2013-07-23 22:46:09 +00:00
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Currently [[xmpp]] relies on the SSL connection to the server for security.
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The server can see git repository data pushed through it. (Also, the SSL
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connection is not pinned or really checked well at all.)
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Add an encryption layer that does not rely on trusting the XMPP server's
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security. There are a few options for how to generate the key for eg,
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AES encryption:
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* Do a simple Diffie-Hellman shared key generation when starting each XMPP
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push session. Would not protect the users from active MITM by the
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XMPP server, but would prevent passive data gathering attacks from
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getting useful data. Since the key is ephemeral, would provide
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Forward Security.
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* Do D-H key generation, but at pairing, not push time. Allows for an
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optional confirmation step, using eg, BubbleBabble to compare the
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keys out of band. ("I see xebeb-dibyb-gycub-kacyb-modib-pudub-sefab-vifuc-bygoc-daguc-gohec-kuxax .. do you too?")
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* Prompt both users for a passphrase when XMPP pairing, and
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use SPEKE (or similar methods like J-PAKE) to generate a shared key.
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Avoids active MITM attacks. Makes pairing harder, especially pairing
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between one's own devices, since the passphrase has to be entered on
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all devices. Also problimatic when pairing more than 2 devices,
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especially when adding a device to the set later, since there
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would then be multiple different keys in use.
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* Rely on the user's gpg key, and do gpg key verification during XMPP
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pairing. Problimatic because who wants to put their gpg key on their
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phone? Also, require the users be in the WOT and be gpg literate.
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2014-01-13 17:08:38 +00:00
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Update: This seems unlikely to be worth doing. [[Telehash]] is better.
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--[[Joey]]
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