Re: [hiprg] clarification of identity privacy properties of HIP base exchange

Tobias Heer <heer@cs.rwth-aachen.de> Wed, 16 February 2011 08:59 UTC

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There was a fatal flaw in my punctiation.... 

Am 16.02.2011 um 09:51 schrieb Tobias Heer:

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>>> 2) (fifth and sixth sentence) In what situations can an active attacker learn the key and identity of the Initiator (if the Initiator chooses to encrypt HOST_ID)?   Opportunistic mode may be one, but are there others?
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>> I guess in any case when the public key of the recipient is not
>> authenticated (e.g. by DNSSEC) and when the initiator attempts
>> connecting without taking the ID of Responder from a trusted source.
>> (e.g. someone storing own public key in DHT under domain name google.com)
>> 
> The anonymous bit and the concept of pseudonym HIs is useful here. If these are not used, the Initiator authenticates to the public key/ host identity of the host, and thus, knows the HI.
> An interesting question is what the "identity" of the Initiator is.
> Is it its real-word identity? You need more information to figure this out?
This questionmark should certainly be a fullstop.
The meanong of the sentence is: 

> Is it its real-word identity? You need more information to figure this out.
I meant that one needs some separate register or some knowledge from previous communication for mapping a HI to an identity.

Sorry for any confusion.

Tobias



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