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@ -754,18 +754,18 @@ Cross-signing
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Rather than requiring Alice to verify each of Bob's devices with each of her
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own devices and vice versa, the cross-signing feature allows users sign their
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own devices and vice versa, the cross-signing feature allows users to sign their
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device keys such that Alice and Bob only need to verify once. With
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cross-signing, each user has a set of cross-signing keys that are used to sign
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their own device keys and other users' keys, and can be used to trust device
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keys that were not verified directly.
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Each user has three ed25519 keys pairs for cross-signing:
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Each user has three ed25519 key pairs for cross-signing:
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* a master key (MSK) that serves as the user's identity in cross-signing and signs
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their other cross-signing keys;
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* a user-signing key (USK) -- only visible to the user that it belongs to --
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that signs other users' master keys, and
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that signs other users' master keys; and
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* a self-signing key (SSK) that signs the user's own device keys.
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The master key may also be used to sign other items such as the backup key. The
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@ -863,9 +863,11 @@ A user's master key could allow an attacker to impersonate that user to other
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users, or other users to that user. Thus clients must ensure that the private
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part of the master key is treated securely. If clients do not have a secure
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means of storing the master key (such as a secret storage system provided by
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the operating system), then clients must not store the private part. If a user
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changes their master key, clients of users that they communicate with must
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notify their users about the change.
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the operating system), then clients must not store the private part.
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If a user's client sees that any other user has changed their master key, that
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client must notify the user about the change before allowing communication
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between the users to continue.
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A user's user-signing and self-signing keys are intended to be easily
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replaceable if they are compromised by re-issuing a new key signed by the
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