@misc{rfc7624, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 7624, howpublished = {RFC 7624}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC7624}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7624}, author = {Richard Barnes and Bruce Schneier and Cullen Fluffy Jennings and Ted Hardie and Brian Trammell and Christian Huitema and Daniel Borkmann}, title = {{Confidentiality in the Face of Pervasive Surveillance: A Threat Model and Problem Statement}}, pagetotal = 24, year = 2015, month = aug, abstract = {Since the initial revelations of pervasive surveillance in 2013, several classes of attacks on Internet communications have been discovered. In this document, we develop a threat model that describes these attacks on Internet confidentiality. We assume an attacker that is interested in undetected, indiscriminate eavesdropping. The threat model is based on published, verified attacks.}, }