paper: Add initial blurb on SSH kex foo
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by most users.
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\paragraph{Relation to screen-to-photodiode interfaces}
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\paragraph{Relation to screen-to-photodiode interfaces}
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There have been many systems using a flashing graphic on a screen to transmit data to a receiver containing a photodiode
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There have been many systems using a flashing graphic on a screen to transmit data to a receiver containing a photodiode
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held against the screen. Such systems have been used to distribute software over broadcast television but have also been
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held against the screen. Such systems have been used to distribute software over broadcast television but have also been
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used for cryptographic purposes. One widely-deployed example is the ``Flickertan'' system used for wire transfer
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used for cryptographic purposes. One widely-deployed example is the ``Flickertan'' system used for wire transfer
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advantage of photodiode-based systems is that they incur lower implementation complexity and don't require a potentially
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advantage of photodiode-based systems is that they incur lower implementation complexity and don't require a potentially
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expensive camera.
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expensive camera.
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\paragraph{Adaption for SSH identity distribution}
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Our interactive channel binding method using a passphrase could be used for key establishment in an SSH setup.
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SSH includes a powerful built-in public-key authentication system, but does not include key management functionality.
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To grant and revoke public key-based access to a host or account, SSH expects the user to manually manage a textual
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\texttt{authorized\_keys} file containing all public keys allowed to login to a particular host or account. Mutual
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authentification is supported by default, using a trust on first use system storing host key fingerprints in a
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\texttt{known\_hosts} file. SSH's identity management system is well-tested and can be considered secure for almost any
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purpose. It is however very simplistic and shifts the burden of access management and identity synchronization to the
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user. Except in very simple use cases, the user will have to provide their own identity management layer on top of the
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primitives provided by SSH. Common implementations of this include offloading \texttt{authorized\_keys} functionality to
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LDAP or automatically generating \texttt{authorized\_keys} files from a configuration management system. The secure
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implementation of any such system incurs a large organizational overhead. SSH keys are too long to be practically
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read-out aloud which in case of small organizations often leads ot insecure practices such as sharing of SSH public keys
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through chat, email or wiki pages for initial access during say, onboarding of a new employee. Though such out-of-band
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key distribution schemes may well be secure often the OOB channel's security is not adequately considered in advance.
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The interactive channel binding method described in this paper could be used to interactively transfer an SSH key's
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public to another host by simply establishing a secure channel from source to target machine in the fashion outlined
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above, then copying the key through it. Compared to current common practice this approach would allow two users to
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transfer a key by simply reading out aloud the channel binding fingerprint. This reduces the problem of a digital
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out-of-band channel trusted for direct transfer of manipulation-sensitive key material to the problem of two users being
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sure whether they're actually talking to each other instead of an impostor.
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\section{Hardware implementation}
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\section{Hardware implementation}
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\subsection{Hardware overview}
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\subsection{Hardware overview}
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To demonstrate the practicality of this approach and to evaluate its usability in an everyday scenario, a hardware
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To demonstrate the practicality of this approach and to evaluate its usability in an everyday scenario, a hardware
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\subsection{Usability considerations}
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\subsection{Usability considerations}
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\paragraph{Security-relevant UI components}
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\section{Evaluation}
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\section{Evaluation}
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