ELEKTRA: Efficient Lightweight multi-dEvice Key TRAnsparency
Julia Len, Melissa Chase, Esha Ghosh, Daniel Jost, Balachandar Kesavan, Antonio Marcedone
2023Year
4Citations
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Abstract
Key Transparency (KT) systems enable service providers of end-to-end encrypted communication (E2EE) platforms to maintain a Verifiable Key Directory (VKD) that maps each user's identifier, such as a username or email address, to their identity public key(s). Users periodically monitor the directory to ensure their own identifier maps to the correct keys, thus detecting any attempt to register a fake key on their behalf to Meddler-in-the-Middle (MitM) their communications.
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