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RFC 7624
Confidentiality in the Face of Pervasive Surveillance: A Threat Model and Problem Statement,August 2015
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- Status:
- INFORMATIONAL
- Authors:
- R. Barnes
B. Schneier
C. Jennings
T. Hardie
B. Trammell
C. Huitema
D. Borkmann - Stream:
- IAB
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC7624
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Abstract
Since the initial revelations of pervasive surveillance in 2013,several classes of attacks on Internet communications have beendiscovered. In this document, we develop a threat model thatdescribes these attacks on Internet confidentiality. We assume anattacker that is interested in undetected, indiscriminateeavesdropping. The threat model is based on published, verifiedattacks.
For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.
For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.