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Redefine 'l', 'limit_q', and 'limit_v' specifically for OSCORE #8

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rikard-sics opened this issue Mar 1, 2022 · 2 comments
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rikard-sics commented Mar 1, 2022

Based on feedback from John during the CoRE interim on April 28.

Currently we are using l = 2^10, dropping that to 2^8 may be beneficial.

Furthermore we can define set values for 'limit_q' and 'limit_v', not relying on the CFRG document.

For instance setting an overall value for 'limit_q' to 2^20 (which is lower than all the calculated limits for q we have currently).

As long as we reduce values, like reducing the size of l and the size of 'limit_q' things should be easy to motivate as we are erring more on the side of caution.

When it comes to redefining 'limit_v' we actually want to increase this value and here is where we need a good motivation. We can start a discussion on the mailing list based on the figures John presented. He also promised to contribute material in the form of a PR to the draft.

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After further discussions we can use l = 2^8, q = 2^20 and v = 2^20, also considering the material presented by John during a SAAG meeting. See https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/110/materials/slides-110-saag-analysis-of-usage-limits-of-aead-algorithms-00.pdf

This can mean that we use the formulas for calculating IA and CA from the CFRG document with these values and show that the resulting probabilities are safe (<2^-64).

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Double check calculations in the table, especially for AES CCM 8 with John.

@rikard-sics rikard-sics transferred this issue from core-wg/oscore-key-update Apr 7, 2023
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