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| author | jvoisin | 2013-10-27 16:34:38 +0000 |
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| committer | jvoisin | 2013-10-27 16:34:38 +0000 |
| commit | 126854cf53a44252003d30834999aab767d9be75 (patch) | |
| tree | 4b9f5d29c6221fa02413a7b4501d928f443e1936 | |
| parent | a4f80082885079351d71bd3b6c3eaae1fcd5258f (diff) | |
Enhance the README.security
| -rw-r--r-- | README.security | 14 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/README.security b/README.security index 335c537..1e6fad0 100644 --- a/README.security +++ b/README.security | |||
| @@ -1,14 +1,17 @@ | |||
| 1 | Warning | 1 | Warning |
| 2 | ======= | 2 | ======= |
| 3 | Mat only removes metadata from your files, it does not anonymise their | 3 | Mat only removes standard metadata from your files, it does _not_: |
| 4 | content, nor can it handle watermarking, steganography, or any too custom | 4 | - anonymise their content |
| 5 | metadata field/system. | 5 | - handle watermarking |
| 6 | - handle steganography | ||
| 7 | - handle any non-standard metadata field/system | ||
| 6 | 8 | ||
| 7 | If you really want to be anonymous format that does not contain any | 9 | If you really want to be anonymous format that does not contain any |
| 8 | metadata, or better : use plain-text. | 10 | metadata, or better : use plain-text. |
| 9 | 11 | ||
| 12 | |||
| 10 | Implementation notes | 13 | Implementation notes |
| 11 | ====================== | 14 | ==================== |
| 12 | Symlink attacks | 15 | Symlink attacks |
| 13 | --------------- | 16 | --------------- |
| 14 | MAT output predictable filenames (like yourfile.jpg.bak). | 17 | MAT output predictable filenames (like yourfile.jpg.bak). |
| @@ -20,6 +23,7 @@ Test suite | |||
| 20 | Formats that are not in the test suite are not well-tested, | 23 | Formats that are not in the test suite are not well-tested, |
| 21 | please do not trust the MAT about them! | 24 | please do not trust the MAT about them! |
| 22 | 25 | ||
| 26 | |||
| 23 | Threat Model | 27 | Threat Model |
| 24 | ============ | 28 | ============ |
| 25 | The Metadata Anonymisation Toolkit adversary has a number | 29 | The Metadata Anonymisation Toolkit adversary has a number |
| @@ -86,5 +90,5 @@ Requirements | |||
| 86 | anonymise files: every added items of metadata decreases | 90 | anonymise files: every added items of metadata decreases |
| 87 | anonymity. | 91 | anonymity. |
| 88 | 92 | ||
| 89 | - The MAT *must* handle unknown/hidden metadata fields, | 93 | - The MAT *should* handle unknown/hidden metadata fields, |
| 90 | like proprietary extensions of open formats. | 94 | like proprietary extensions of open formats. |
