Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Reference "Nonces are Noticed" in the header protection analysis section (#3031)

Christopher Wood <notifications@github.com> Wed, 18 September 2019 01:51 UTC

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chris-wood commented on this pull request.



> @@ -1440,12 +1441,13 @@ Header protection uses the output of the packet protection AEAD to derive
 protected_field = field XOR PRF(hp_key, sample)
 ~~~
 
-Assuming hp_key is distinct from the packet protection key, this construction
-(HN1) achieves AE2 security and therefore guarantees privacy of `field`, the
-protected packet header. One important distinction between HN1 and the header
-protection construction in this document is that the latter uses an AEAD
-algorithm as the PRF. However, since the encrypted output of an AEAD is
-pseudorandom {{DefnAEAD}}, this achieves the properties desired from a PRF.
+As `hp_key` is distinct from the packet protection key, this construction
+(HN1) achieves AE2 security as defined in {{NAN}} and therefore guarantees
+privacy of `field`, the protected packet header. One important distinction
+between HN1 and the header protection construction in this document is that
+the latter uses an AEAD algorithm as the PRF. However, since the encrypted
+output of an AEAD is pseudorandom {{DefnAEAD}}, this achieves the properties
+desired from a PRF.

Ah, right! I was operating under the assumption that we used AEADs for the mask, but we use the primitives. Since those are PRPs and therefore PRFs, this becomes much simpler. Stay tuned for an update!

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