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view libtomcrypt/src/modes/ctr/ctr_decrypt.c @ 1790:42745af83b7d
Introduce extra delay before closing unauthenticated sessions
To make it harder for attackers, introduce a delay to keep an
unauthenticated session open a bit longer, thus blocking a connection
slot until after the delay.
Without this, while there is a limit on the amount of attempts an attacker
can make at the same time (MAX_UNAUTH_PER_IP), the time taken by dropbear to
handle one attempt is still short and thus for each of the allowed parallel
attempts many attempts can be chained one after the other. The attempt rate
is then:
"MAX_UNAUTH_PER_IP / <process time of one attempt>".
With the delay, this rate becomes:
"MAX_UNAUTH_PER_IP / UNAUTH_CLOSE_DELAY".
author | Thomas De Schampheleire <thomas.de_schampheleire@nokia.com> |
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date | Wed, 15 Feb 2017 13:53:04 +0100 |
parents | 6dba84798cd5 |
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/* LibTomCrypt, modular cryptographic library -- Tom St Denis * * LibTomCrypt is a library that provides various cryptographic * algorithms in a highly modular and flexible manner. * * The library is free for all purposes without any express * guarantee it works. */ #include "tomcrypt.h" /** @file ctr_decrypt.c CTR implementation, decrypt data, Tom St Denis */ #ifdef LTC_CTR_MODE /** CTR decrypt @param ct Ciphertext @param pt [out] Plaintext @param len Length of ciphertext (octets) @param ctr CTR state @return CRYPT_OK if successful */ int ctr_decrypt(const unsigned char *ct, unsigned char *pt, unsigned long len, symmetric_CTR *ctr) { LTC_ARGCHK(pt != NULL); LTC_ARGCHK(ct != NULL); LTC_ARGCHK(ctr != NULL); return ctr_encrypt(ct, pt, len, ctr); } #endif /* ref: $Format:%D$ */ /* git commit: $Format:%H$ */ /* commit time: $Format:%ai$ */