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Adopt reporting wording for delegated targets
Recent commits added a detailed verification workflow for delegated targets, including check against snapshot, and signature, version and timestamp checks. This commit adopts the failure reporting phrasing used elsewhere in the client workflow.
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version number of the new DELEGATE metadata file MUST match the trusted
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snapshot metadata. This is done, in part, to prevent a mix-and-match
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attack by man-in-the-middle attackers. If the new DELEGATE metadata file
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does not match, discard it, end the search, and report the target cannot
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be found.
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does not match, abort the update cycle, and report the failure.
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* **4.5.2.4**. **Check for an arbitrary software attack.** The new DELEGATE
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metadata file MUST have been signed by a threshold of keys specified in the
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TARGETS metadata file. If the new DELEGATE metadata file is not signed
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as required, discard it, end the search, and report the target cannot be
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found.
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as required, abort the update cycle, and report the failure.
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* **4.5.2.5**. **Check for a rollback attack.** The version number of the
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trusted DELEGATE metadata file, if any, MUST be less than or equal to the
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version number of the new DELEGATE metadata file. If the new DELEGATE
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metadata file is older than the trusted DELEGATE metadata file, discard
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it, end the search, and report the target cannot be found.
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it, abort the update cycle, and report the potential rollback attack.
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* **4.5.2.6**. **Check for a freeze attack.** The latest known time
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should be lower than the expiration timestamp in the new DELEGATE
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metadata file. If so, the new DELEGATE file becomes the trusted DELEGATE
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file. If the new DELEGATE metadata file is expired, discard it, end the
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search, and report the target cannot be found.
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file. If the new DELEGATE metadata file is expired, abort the update
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cycle, and report the potential freeze attack.
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* **4.5.2.7**. 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). Otherwise, discard it, end the search,
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and report the target cannot be found.
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the lack of any such metadata). Otherwise, abort the update cycle, and
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report the failure.
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* **4.5.2.8**. If the current delegation is a terminating delegation,
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then jump to step 5.

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