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| author | Mark Haines <mark.haines@matrix.org> | 2015-08-18 14:46:57 +0100 |
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| committer | Mark Haines <mark.haines@matrix.org> | 2015-08-18 14:46:57 +0100 |
| commit | eee46a549ca3caa397bdbd3396e27c4d8d7c1b89 (patch) | |
| tree | e4262fa17544f6b8c2b1add00a0b8be8cb1c9d5e /docs/olm.rst | |
| parent | c4ad39a3c427704492ffefc9a713c9634a55507b (diff) | |
Fix spelling
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diff --git a/docs/olm.rst b/docs/olm.rst index 4a1d3c5..d07dc1d 100644 --- a/docs/olm.rst +++ b/docs/olm.rst @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Olm: A Crytographic Ratchet -=========================== +Olm: A Cryptographic Ratchet +============================ An implementation of the cryptographic ratchet described by https://github.com/trevp/axolotl/wiki. @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Initial setup ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The setup takes four Curve25519_ inputs: Identity keys for Alice and Bob, -:math:`I_A` and :math:`I_B`, and emphemeral keys for Alice and Bob, +:math:`I_A` and :math:`I_B`, and ephemeral keys for Alice and Bob, :math:`E_A` and :math:`E_B`. A shared secret, :math:`S`, is generated using `Triple Diffie-Hellman`_. The initial 256 bit root key, :math:`R_0`, and 256 bit chain key, :math:`C_{0,0}`, are derived from the shared secret using an @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ Alice's single-use key, :math:`E_A`, the public part of his single-use key, part of the single-use key, :math:`E_B`. Bob computes the root key :math:`R_0`, and the chain key :math:`C_{0,0}`. Bob then advances the chain key to compute the chain key used by the message, :math:`C_{0,j}`. Bob then creates the -message key, :math:`M_{0,j}`, and attempts to decrypt the ciphertext, +message key, :math:`M_{0,j}`, and attempts to decrypt the cipher-text, :math:`X_{0,j}`. If the cipher-text's authentication is correct then Bob can discard private part of his single-use one-time key, :math:`E_B`. @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ the receiver computes the chain key, :math:`C_{i,j}`. The receiver computes the message key, :math:`M_{i,j}`, from the chain key and attempts to decrypt the cipher-text, :math:`X_{i,j}`. -If the decryption succeeds the reciever updates the chain key for :math:`T_i` +If the decryption succeeds the receiver updates the chain key for :math:`T_i` with :math:`C_{i,j+1}` and stores the message keys that were skipped in the process so that they can decode out of order messages. If the receiver created a new receiver chain then they discard their current sender chain so that @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ Cipher-Text 0x22 String The cipher-text, :math:`X_{i,j}`, of the message =========== ===== ======== ================================================ The length of the MAC is determined by the authenticated encryption algorithm -being used. The MAC protects all of the bytes preceeding the MAC. +being used. The MAC protects all of the bytes preceding the MAC. Pre-Key Messages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |