Re: AEAD in ssh

If my implementation consistently sends one ethernet frame (say 1450 bytes) every 10 ms, this defeats traffic analysis at a cost of ~ 1.1 Mbps of fixed bandwidth.

Netflix uses 3 - 5 Mbps of fixed bandwidth.

This protects a terminal session from keystroke analysis, while providing ample bandwidth. However, it needs encrypted lengths.


----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Gutmann 
Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 03:52
To: denis bider ; Watson Ladd ; Niels Möller 
Cc: Bryan Ford ; Daniel Migault ; [email protected] ; Stephen Farrell ; Mark D. Baushke ; Curdle Chairs 
Subject: RE: AEAD in ssh

denis bider <[email protected]> writes:

>That implementation, with unencrypted packet lengths, sabotages any hope of
>thwarting traffic analysis, even through high-overhead SSH_MSG_IGNORE padding.

With encrypted packet lengths and padding you're still not thwarting traffic
analysis, you're just making the job a lot more difficult for the implementer.
See my previous message.

Peter.