On 08/23/2017 01:07 AM, Eric Biggers wrote:
On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 11:33:51PM +0800, Anand Jain wrote:
On 08/22/2017 10:55 AM, Eric Biggers wrote:
On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 10:22:30AM +0800, Anand Jain wrote:
Hi Eric,
How about a section on the threat model specific to the file-name ?
(Sorry if I am missing something).
Thanks, Anand
It's already mentioned that filenames are encrypted: "fscrypt protects the
confidentiality of file contents and filenames in the event of a single
point-in-time permanent offline compromise of the block device content."
There's not much more to it than that; all the other points in the "Threat
model" section (offline manipulations, timing attacks, access control, key
eviction, etc.) are essentially the same between contents and filenames
encryption.
Do you think if application does not keep the sensitive information
in the file-name, would that remove the file-name from the list of
items that should be protected ?
If *no* applications care whether the filenames are encrypted or not, sure.
But are you absolutely sure that no applications care? How do you know? And what
is the advantage of not encrypting the filenames anyway? It is better to
encrypt by default.
Eric
(sorry for the delay in reply due to my vacation).
It all depends on the use case, Android is one such use case. Some
data center use a known set of application. Again it all depends on the
use case.
File-name is a kind of File-system semantic and altering based on the
on the user key context does not guarantee the system will be compatible
with all their legacy applications.
Also a section on backup and restore in this doc will be a good idea.
As I think that will be affected IMO. And needing to have the user
master key to restore encrypted file isn't practical in some data center
multi tenanted solutions. Albeit it may work in some cases but hard to
generalize.
Thanks, Anand
