[tor-bugs] #5488 [Analysis]: Write Internet drafts for one or two TLS features to improve its traffic-analysis resistance

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#5488: Write Internet drafts for one or two TLS features to improve its traffic-
analysis resistance
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 Reporter:  karsten   |          Owner:  nickm                      
     Type:  project   |         Status:  new                        
 Priority:  normal    |      Milestone:  Sponsor F: November 1, 2012
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Comment(by asn):

 WRT TLS link padding, GnuTLS has been doing it for a while:
 https://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/manual/html_node/On-Record-
 Padding.html

 WRT hiding record headers, I'm wondering how feasible it is and whether
 it's worth it. You probably won't be able to hide (encrypt?) record
 headers before the the key exchange happens (or before the session is
 resumed). After that, I'm not sure how much you gain by hiding record
 headers. For example, hidden record headers would make renegotiation
 harder to detect, and would also hide some alerts, but I can't think of
 other use cases.

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