tUpdate DESIGN - dedup - deduplicating backup program
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(HTM) Author: sin <sin@2f30.org>
Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 13:16:25 +0300
Update DESIGN
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t@@ -59,4 +59,9 @@ config.h but it can be tricky to tune it properly.
The buzhash[0] rolling hash algorithm is used to fingerprint the input
stream.
+When encryption is enabled, a random seed is generated and stored
+encrypted in the repository state file. The seed is XOR-ed with the
+buzhash initial state table to mitigate against length fingerprinting
+attacks.
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[0] http://www.serve.net/buz/Notes.1st.year/HTML/C6/rand.012.html