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Clarify use of poly1305

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Alexander Neumann 2015-03-22 21:26:14 +01:00
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@ -72,6 +72,16 @@ A repository can be initialized with the `restic init` command, e.g.:
Keys, Encryption and MAC Keys, Encryption and MAC
------------------------ ------------------------
All data stored by restic in the repository is encrypted with AES-256 in
counter mode and signed with Poly1305-AES. For encrypting new data first 16
bytes are read from a cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator as
a random nonce. This is used both as the IV for counter mode and the nonce for
Poly1305. This operation needs three keys: A 32 byte for AES-256 for
encryption, a 16 byte AES key and a 16 byte key for Poly1305. For details see
the original paper[The Poly1305-AES message-authentication
code](http://cr.yp.to/mac/poly1305-20050329.pdf) by Dan Bernstein. The
ciphertext is stored as IV || CIPHERTEXT || MAC.
The directory `keys` contains key files. These are simple JSON documents which The directory `keys` contains key files. These are simple JSON documents which
contain all data that is needed to derive the repository's master signing and contain all data that is needed to derive the repository's master signing and
encryption keys from a user's password. The JSON document from the repository encryption keys from a user's password. The JSON document from the repository
@ -97,9 +107,8 @@ repository password. This is then used with `scrypt`, a key derivation function
bytes. The first 32 bytes are used as the encryption key (for AES-256) and the bytes. The first 32 bytes are used as the encryption key (for AES-256) and the
last 32 bytes are used as the signing key (for Poly1305-AES). These last 32 last 32 bytes are used as the signing key (for Poly1305-AES). These last 32
bytes are divided into a 16 byte AES key `k` followed by 16 bytes of secret key bytes are divided into a 16 byte AES key `k` followed by 16 bytes of secret key
`r`. They key `r` is then masked for use with Poly1305. For details see the `r`. They key `r` is then masked for use with Poly1305 (see the paper for
original paper [The Poly1305-AES message-authentication details).
code](http://cr.yp.to/mac/poly1305-20050329.pdf) by Dan Bernstein.
This signing key is used to compute a MAC over the bytes contained in the This signing key is used to compute a MAC over the bytes contained in the
JSON field `data` (after removing the Base64 encoding and not including the JSON field `data` (after removing the Base64 encoding and not including the