DiStefano: decentralized infrastructure for sharing trusted encrypted facts and nothing more
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Author(s)
Haddadi, Hamed
Celi, Sofia
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
We design DiStefano: an efficient, maliciously-secure framework for generating private commitments over
TLS-encrypted web traffic, for a designated third-party. DiStefano provides many improvements over previous TLS commitment systems, including: a modular protocol specific to
TLS 1.3, support for arbitrary verifiable claims over encrypted
data, client browsing history privacy amongst pre-approved
TLS servers, and various optimisations to ensure fast online
performance of the TLS 1.3 session. We build a permissive
open-source implementation of DiStefano integrated into the
BoringSSL cryptographic library (used by Chromium-based
Internet browsers). We show that DiStefano is practical in
both LAN and WAN settings for committing to facts in
arbitrary TLS traffic, requiring < 1 s and ≤ 5 KiB to execute
the online phase.
TLS-encrypted web traffic, for a designated third-party. DiStefano provides many improvements over previous TLS commitment systems, including: a modular protocol specific to
TLS 1.3, support for arbitrary verifiable claims over encrypted
data, client browsing history privacy amongst pre-approved
TLS servers, and various optimisations to ensure fast online
performance of the TLS 1.3 session. We build a permissive
open-source implementation of DiStefano integrated into the
BoringSSL cryptographic library (used by Chromium-based
Internet browsers). We show that DiStefano is practical in
both LAN and WAN settings for committing to facts in
arbitrary TLS traffic, requiring < 1 s and ≤ 5 KiB to execute
the online phase.
Date Acceptance
2024-10-31
Citation
The Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium 2025
Publisher
Cryptology ePrint Archive
Journal / Book Title
The Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium 2025
Copyright Statement
© 2023 The Author(s). This work is published under CC BY 4.0 International licence.
License URL
Identifier
https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/1063
Source
The Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium 2025
Publication Status
Published
Start Date
2025-02-23
Coverage Spatial
San Diego, California