@@ -1222,36 +1222,42 @@ non-volatile storage as FILENAME.EXT.
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trusted root metadata file. If the new targets metadata file is not signed
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as required, discard it, abort the update cycle, and report the failure.
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- * ** 4.3** . ** Check for a freeze attack.** The latest known time should be
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+ * ** 4.3** . ** Check for a rollback attack.** The version number of the trusted
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+ targets metadata file, if any, MUST be less than or equal to the version
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+ number of the new targets metadata file. If the new targets metadata file is
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+ older than the trusted targets metadata file, discard it, abort the update
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+ cycle, and report the potential rollback attack.
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+ * ** 4.4** . ** Check for a freeze attack.** The latest known time should be
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lower than the expiration timestamp in the new targets metadata file. If so,
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the new targets metadata file becomes the trusted targets metadata file. If
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the new targets metadata file is expired, discard it, abort the update cycle,
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and report the potential freeze attack.
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- * ** 4.4 ** . ** Perform a preorder depth-first search for metadata about the
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+ * ** 4.5 ** . ** Perform a preorder depth-first search for metadata about the
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desired target, beginning with the top-level targets role.** Note: If
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- any metadata requested in steps 4.4 .1 - 4.4 .2.3 cannot be downloaded nor
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+ any metadata requested in steps 4.5 .1 - 4.5 .2.3 cannot be downloaded nor
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validated, end the search and report that the target cannot be found.
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- * ** 4.4 .1** . If this role has been visited before, then skip this role (so
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+ * ** 4.5 .1** . If this role has been visited before, then skip this role (so
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that cycles in the delegation graph are avoided). Otherwise, if an
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application-specific maximum number of roles have been visited, then go to
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step 5 (so that attackers cannot cause the client to waste excessive
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bandwidth or time). Otherwise, if this role contains metadata about the
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desired target, then go to step 5.
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- * ** 4.4 .2** . Otherwise, recursively search the list of delegations in order
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+ * ** 4.5 .2** . Otherwise, recursively search the list of delegations in order
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of appearance.
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- * ** 4.4 .2.1** . If the current delegation is a multi-role delegation,
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+ * ** 4.5 .2.1** . If the current delegation is a multi-role delegation,
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recursively visit each role, and check that each has signed exactly the
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same non-custom metadata (i.e., length and hashes) about the target (or
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the lack of any such metadata).
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- * ** 4.4 .2.2** . If the current delegation is a terminating delegation,
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+ * ** 4.5 .2.2** . If the current delegation is a terminating delegation,
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then jump to step 5.
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- * ** 4.4 .2.3** . Otherwise, if the current delegation is a non-terminating
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+ * ** 4.5 .2.3** . Otherwise, if the current delegation is a non-terminating
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delegation, continue processing the next delegation, if any. Stop the
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search, and jump to step 5 as soon as a delegation returns a result.
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