P4P SecurityTemplate
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P4P SecurityTemplate
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- These mechanisms define who can perform which actions and under what conditions in a decentralized environment. They often use capabilities, tokens, or delegated rights to allow flexible yet secure permission management without centralized authority. Examples: Access Control Lists (ACLs), Macaroons, ZCAP-LD (Capability-based security), OAuth-style delegation etc.
- How do peers manage permissions, delegation, and capabilities? In other words: How are decisions made regarding who can do what?
- This layer protects the content of messages end-to-end, independent of the underlying transport. It guarantees that only intended recipients can decrypt the message, even when it passes through intermediaries or asynchronous systems. Examples: Message Layer Security (MLS), Olm/Megolm (Matrix encryption), Double Ratchet (Signal-style forward secrecy) etc.
- How does the project relate to protecting messages end-to-end, possibly across async networks?
- These systems obscure who communicates with whom by hiding routing information, timing, and other metadata. Techniques like onion routing or mixnets ensure privacy even when the data itself is already encrypted. Examples: Onion Routing (Tor), Mixnets (such as Katzenpost, Nym) etc.
- How does the project relate to hiding who is talking to whom, such as guarding metadata?
- This ensures that data packets are confidential and tamper-proof while moving between peers over the network. It protects the communication channel itself, typically through protocols like TLS or Noise, establishing a secure tunnel for data exchange. Examples: Examples: TLS/ DTLS, Noise Protocol Framework etc.
- How does the project relate to protecting data packets in transit and peer-to-peer channels?
- Any relevant links?
- Any other considerations for security? (F.ex. integrated solutions such as Velid/I2P or other comments)