Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of Convergence Secret


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Timestamp:
2013-03-18T08:19:51Z (12 years ago)
Author:
ClashTheBunny
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Add paragraph about the "Learn-The-Remaining-Information" attack

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  • Convergence Secret

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    2424big deal for commonly known things that you want to keep secret that you
    2525know about. Examples would be a Bible in China or The Anarchist's
    26 Cookbook at the High School that I went to. Here's the details of the
    27 origin of the convergence secret: `Convergence Secret Justification`_
     26Cookbook at the High School that I went to.  This is called the
     27"Confirm-The-File" attack.
     28
     29There is one more way that this can be used.  Let's say that you know
     30somebody stores their W-2 (a US tax document) on their Tahoe-LAFS grid.
     31You can, with a little script, try various numbers for identity information
     32and eventually end up with your full identity and salary.  This is called
     33the "Learn-The-Remaining-Information" attack.
     34
     35Here's the details of the origin of the convergence secret:
     36`Convergence Secret Justification`_
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    2938.. _`Convergence Secret Justification`: