Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Change Packet Number Gap to Packet Number Offset (#1307)
Christian Huitema <notifications@github.com> Fri, 20 April 2018 02:00 UTC
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Subject: Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Change Packet Number Gap to Packet Number Offset (#1307)
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I think that's a terrible idea. It perpetuates the fallacy that offsetting packet numbers provides privacy. We have established that it doesn't in an important case, when there is overlap between two connections. The matching pattern of holes and sequence number increment is more that sufficient to establish correlation in these cases. We would be much better off just getting rid of the gaps altogether. They force complex synchronization between sender and receiver, effectively the same management cost as managing encryption keys, but they do not provide nearly as much benefit as encryption. -- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/quicwg/base-drafts/pull/1307#issuecomment-382941999
- [quicwg/base-drafts] Change Packet Number Gap to … Nick Banks
- Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Change Packet Number Gap… Marten Seemann
- Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Change Packet Number Gap… Christian Huitema
- Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Change Packet Number Gap… Nick Banks
- Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Change Packet Number Gap… Nick Banks
- Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Change Packet Number Gap… MikkelFJ
- Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Change Packet Number Gap… MikkelFJ
- Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Change Packet Number Gap… MikkelFJ
- Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Change Packet Number Gap… MikkelFJ
- Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Change Packet Number Gap… Mike Bishop
- Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Change Packet Number Gap… Mike Bishop
- Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Change Packet Number Gap… MikkelFJ
- Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Change Packet Number Gap… Christian Huitema
- Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Change Packet Number Gap… MikkelFJ
- Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Change Packet Number Gap… Antoine Delignat-Lavaud
- Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Change Packet Number Gap… Antoine Delignat-Lavaud
- Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Change Packet Number Gap… Nick Banks
- Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Change Packet Number Gap… Nick Banks