Speed. In fact, in our testing, backup times are slashed to under a
second for 100 notes in debug mode. This can be improved by reducing
memory copying and enabling hardware AES and SIMD in rustc flags.
Auditability. We use audited cryptography libraries such as ring and
aes-gcm which provide better security.
Predictability. Due to the lack of a runtime, boxing and unboxing, the
speed is predictable reducing many attacks which depend on timing
information. The libraries are made to be run in constant-time which
further improves security.
Todo
[ ] Setup build scripts to use hardware AES, SIMD and LTO when available
[X] x86_64-pc-msvc-windows
[X] x86_64-linux-android
[X] aarch64-linux-android
[X] armv7-linux-androideabi
[X] x86_64-apple-ios
[X] x86_64-apple-darwin
[X] aarch64-apple-ios
[X] aarch64-apple-ios-sim
[x] Remove debug log statements I added for testing
[x] Improve error checking on the rust side
[ ] Perform final compatibility testing (some old backups fail to restore, List<int> to Uint8List issue migration suspected). Implementations are 100% compatible. The system errors out with nullfolder, last_changed. Need to retain backwards compatibility with old backups @HrX03
This comes with many benefits such as:
Speed. In fact, in our testing, backup times are slashed to under a second for 100 notes in debug mode. This can be improved by reducing memory copying and enabling hardware AES and SIMD in
rustcflags.Auditability. We use audited cryptography libraries such as
ringandaes-gcmwhich provide better security.Predictability. Due to the lack of a runtime, boxing and unboxing, the speed is predictable reducing many attacks which depend on timing information. The libraries are made to be run in constant-time which further improves security.
Todo
x86_64-pc-msvc-windowsx86_64-linux-androidaarch64-linux-androidarmv7-linux-androideabix86_64-apple-iosx86_64-apple-darwinaarch64-apple-iosaarch64-apple-ios-simPerform final compatibility testing (some old backups fail to restore,Implementations are 100% compatible. The system errors out withList<int>toUint8Listissue migration suspected).nullfolder,last_changed. Need to retain backwards compatibility with old backups @HrX03Signed-off-by: Akshit Garg garg.akshit@gmail.com