{"draft":"draft-iab-privsec-confidentiality-threat-07","doc_id":"RFC7624","title":"Confidentiality in the Face of Pervasive Surveillance: A Threat Model and Problem Statement","authors":["R. Barnes","B. Schneier","C. Jennings","T. Hardie","B. Trammell","C. Huitema","D. Borkmann"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"24","pub_status":"INFORMATIONAL","status":"INFORMATIONAL","source":"IAB","abstract":"Since the initial revelations of pervasive surveillance in 2013,\r\nseveral classes of attacks on Internet communications have been\r\ndiscovered.  In this document, we develop a threat model that\r\ndescribes these attacks on Internet confidentiality.  We assume an\r\nattacker that is interested in undetected, indiscriminate\r\neavesdropping.  The threat model is based on published, verified\r\nattacks.","pub_date":"August 2015","keywords":["eavesdropping"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC7624","errata_url":null}