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Rephrase decryption failure criterion
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eomara authored Apr 4, 2024
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Expand Up @@ -570,7 +570,8 @@ in the SFrame header, the client MAY buffer the ciphertext and retry decryption
once a key with that KID is received. If a ciphertext fails to decrypt for any
other reason, the client MUST discard the ciphertext. Invalid ciphertexts SHOULD be
discarded in a way that is indistinguishable (to an external observer) from having
processed a valid ciphertext.
processed a valid ciphertext. In other words, the SFrame decrypt operation
should be constant-time, regardless of whether decryption succeeds or fails.

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