paper "Chaffing and Winnowing: Confidentiality without Encryption"

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"Chaffing and Winnowing: Confidentiality without Encryption" is a paper by Ronald L. Rivest that proposes a method for achieving data confidentiality without using traditional encryption, instead relying on message authentication codes and the separation of valid and invalid data.

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instanceOf academic paper ⓘ
cryptography paper ⓘ
addresses data confidentiality ⓘ
argues MACs can be used to hide information content ⓘ
regulating encryption does not prevent confidentiality ⓘ
assumes sender and receiver share a secret MAC key ⓘ
author Ronald L. Rivest ⓘ
basedOn MAC tags attached to message blocks ⓘ
category applied cryptography literature ⓘ
contributesTo discussion of alternatives to traditional encryption ⓘ
criticizes legal restrictions on encryption ⓘ
demonstrates confidentiality can be achieved without encryption algorithms ⓘ
separation of authenticity and confidentiality ⓘ
distinguishes authentic packets from bogus packets ⓘ
field cryptography ⓘ
information security ⓘ
goal evade legal restrictions on encryption while preserving confidentiality ⓘ
hasAbbreviation Chaffing and Winnowing ⓘ
hasTitle Chaffing and Winnowing: Confidentiality without Encryption ⓘ
illustratesWith analogy to separating wheat from chaff ⓘ
influencedBy contemporary U.S. cryptography export laws ⓘ
introducesConcept chaffing ⓘ
winnowing ⓘ
language English ⓘ
motivatedBy export controls on encryption ⓘ
property third parties cannot distinguish real data from chaff without the MAC key ⓘ
proposes adding bogus packets with invalid MACs as chaff ⓘ
method for achieving data confidentiality without encryption ⓘ
receiver discards packets with invalid MACs ⓘ
publicationType technical report ⓘ
relatedTo Clipper chip debate ⓘ
data privacy without encryption ⓘ
encryption policy debates ⓘ
key escrow controversy ⓘ
message authentication ⓘ
steganographic techniques ⓘ
reliesOn separation of valid and invalid data ⓘ
securityAssumption MAC is unforgeable without the secret key ⓘ
securityMechanism message authentication code ⓘ
securityProperty confidentiality ⓘ
techniqueType non-encryption confidentiality technique ⓘ
topic confidential communication ⓘ
exportable security mechanisms ⓘ
uses message authentication codes ⓘ
shared secret key for MAC computation ⓘ

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Chaffing and winnowing → publishedIn → paper "Chaffing and Winnowing: Confidentiality without Encryption" ⓘ
Chaffing and Winnowing: Confidentiality without Encryption → hasTitle → Chaffing and Winnowing: Confidentiality without Encryption ⓘ
linked to: paper "Chaffing and Winnowing: Confidentiality without Encryption"