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add some whitening to the IV as it goes down the path

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jrandom
2005-01-14 22:43:43 +00:00
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<code>$Id: tunnel.html,v 1.3 2005/01/12 14:22:40 jrandom Exp $</code>
<code>$Id: tunnel.html,v 1.4 2005/01/12 19:57:36 jrandom Exp $</code>
<pre>
1) <a href="#tunnel.overview">Tunnel overview</a>
2) <a href="#tunnel.operation">Tunnel operation</a>
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corrupt the verification block (V[7]).</p>
<p>The IV[0] is a random 16 byte value, and IV[i] is the first 16 bytes of
H(D(IV[i-1], K[i-1])). We don't use the same IV along the path, as that would
H(D(IV[i-1], K[i-1]) xor IV_WHITENER). We don't use the same IV along the path, as that would
allow trivial collusion, and we use the hash of the decrypted value to propogate
the IV so as to hamper key leakage.</p>
the IV so as to hamper key leakage. IV_WHITENER is a fixed 16 byte value.</p>
<p>When the gateway wants to send the message, they export the right row for the
peer who is the first hop (usually the peer1.recv row) and forward that entirely.</p>