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| One may wonder why the `Prover` can not simply generate a proof of the TLS connection locally without the help of another party. | ||
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| This is not possible because of the way TLS is designed. Specifically, TLS utilizes symmetric-key cryptography with message authentication codes (MACs). As a consequence the TLS client, i.e. the `Prover`, | ||
| knows the secret key the `Server` uses to authenticate data and can trivially generate fake transcripts locally. Introducing another party into the connection mitigates this problem. |
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I think some explanation is in order, otherwise seems like a cliff-hanger. I hope mine is generic enough.
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| knows the secret key the `Server` uses to authenticate data and can trivially generate fake transcripts locally. Introducing another party into the connection mitigates this problem. | |
| knows the secret key the `Server` uses to authenticate data and can trivially generate fake transcripts locally. Introducing another party into the connection mitigates this problem by removing unilateral access to the secret key from the `Prover`. |
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