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Re: [Eligibility-discuss] On 3797 alternatives

Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com> Tue, 30 May 2023 23:59 UTC

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From: Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com>
Date: Tue, 30 May 2023 16:58:35 -0700
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To: "Salz, Rich" <rsalz=40akamai.com@dmarc.ietf.org>
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On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 3:11 PM Salz, Rich <rsalz=
40akamai.com@dmarc.ietf.org> wrote:

> > We disagree. I assume that there is a singular attacker who is able to
> somehow learn the list of volunteers before the deadline and can act within
> that time frame to add or remove volunteers
>
> So I suppose, in the last term, Akamai (my employer) could ask me for the
> list and force "things" to happen.  Is that what you mean?
>
> After the list is publicized, could any large employer pressure various
> volunteers in their employee to step down?  If so, is that a single
> attacker controlling multiple agents?
>

I'm not MT, but yes, I think that's the threat model. I think the relevant
point is that the most serious attack is that only one such attacker is
involved and so they can predict the results.

-Ekr


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