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Noise is really interesting. I'd hoped from the name that it might incorporate some of the ideas behind Dust[1], which attempts to hide even that there is a Du
by zeveb 11y ago
Noise is really interesting. I'd hoped from the name that it might incorporate some of the ideas behind Dust[1], which attempts to hide even that there is a Dust session going on, and what the public and private keys of the recipients are. No such luck — still, it looks very interesting.
[1] http://freehaven.net/anonbib/cache/wileydust.pdf http://freehaven.net/anonbib/cache/wileydust.pdf
- skybrian 11y agoWhat's interesting about Noise?
- tptacek 11y agoIt's an expert-authored modern framework for designing fast cryptographic transport protocols that have (depending on the options you select) forward secrecy, peer authentication, and resistance to key compromise. The notion of a cryptographic protocol framework, rather than a complicated negotiation scheme for a kitchen-sink protocol, is also somewhat novel.