@@ -1259,55 +1259,55 @@ non-volatile storage as FILENAME.EXT.
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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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- * ** 4.5.2.1** . Let DELEGATE denote the current target role TARGETS is
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+ * ** 4.5.2.1** . Let DELEGATEE denote the current target role TARGETS is
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delegating to.
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* ** 4.5.2.2** . ** Fast-forward attack recovery.** If a threshold of
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delegated targets keys for the current delegation are removed from the
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- TARGETS metadata, delete the trusted DELEGATE metadata, if any, and the
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+ TARGETS metadata, delete the trusted DELEGATEE metadata, if any, and the
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previously trusted snapshot metadata.
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* ** 4.5.2.3** . ** Check for a rollback attack via snapshot.** The version number of the
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- DELEGATE metadata in the previous trusted snapshot metadata, if any, MUST
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+ DELEGATEE metadata in the previous trusted snapshot metadata, if any, MUST
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be less than or equal to its version number in the new trusted snapshot
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metadata. If this is not the case, abort the update cycle, and report the
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potential rollback attack.
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- * ** 4.5.2.4** . ** Download the DELEGATE targets metadata file** , up to either
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+ * ** 4.5.2.4** . ** Download the DELEGATEE targets metadata file** , up to either
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the number of bytes specified in the snapshot metadata file, or some Z
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number of bytes. The value for Z is set by the authors of the application
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- using TUF. For example, Z may be tens of kilobytes. IF DELEGATE cannot be
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+ using TUF. For example, Z may be tens of kilobytes. IF DELEGATEE cannot be
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found, end the search and report the target cannot be found. If
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consistent snapshots are not used (see Section 7), then the filename used
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to download the targets metadata file is of the fixed form FILENAME.EXT
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(e.g., delegated_role.json). Otherwise, the filename is of the form
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VERSION_NUMBER.FILENAME.EXT (e.g., 42.delegated_role.json), where
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- VERSION_NUMBER is the version number of the DELEGATE metadata file listed
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+ VERSION_NUMBER is the version number of the DELEGATEE metadata file listed
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in the snapshot metadata file. In either case, the client MUST write the
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file to non-volatile storage as FILENAME.EXT.
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* ** 4.5.2.5** . ** Check against snapshot metadata.** The hashes (if any), and
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- version number of the new DELEGATE metadata file MUST match the trusted
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+ version number of the new DELEGATEE metadata file MUST match the trusted
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snapshot metadata, if any. 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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+ attack by man-in-the-middle attackers. If the new DELEGATEE metadata file
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does not match, abort the update cycle, and report the failure.
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- * ** 4.5.2.6** . ** Check for an arbitrary software attack.** The new DELEGATE
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+ * ** 4.5.2.6** . ** Check for an arbitrary software attack.** The new DELEGATEE
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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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+ TARGETS metadata file. If the new DELEGATEE metadata file is not signed
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as required, abort the update cycle, and report the failure.
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- * ** 4.5.2.7** . ** Check for a rollback attack on the DELEGATE metadata.**
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- The version number of the trusted DELEGATE metadata file, if any, MUST be
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- less than or equal to the version number of the new DELEGATE metadata
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- file. If the new DELEGATE metadata file is older than the trusted
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- DELEGATE metadata file abort the update cycle, and report the potential
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+ * ** 4.5.2.7** . ** Check for a rollback attack on the DELEGATEE metadata.**
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+ The version number of the trusted DELEGATEE metadata file, if any, MUST be
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+ less than or equal to the version number of the new DELEGATEE metadata
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+ file. If the new DELEGATEE metadata file is older than the trusted
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+ DELEGATEE metadata file abort the update cycle, and report the potential
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rollback attack.
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* ** 4.5.2.8** . ** 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, abort the update
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+ should be lower than the expiration timestamp in the new DELEGATEE
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+ metadata file. If so, the new DELEGATEE file becomes the trusted DELEGATEE
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+ file. If the new DELEGATEE metadata file is expired, abort the update
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cycle, and report the potential freeze attack.
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* ** 4.5.2.9** . If the current delegation is a multi-role delegation,
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* ** 4.5.2.11** . Otherwise, if the current delegation is a non-terminating
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delegation, continue processing the next delegation, if any, by repeating
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- step 4.5 with DELEGATE as the current TARGET role. Stop the search, and
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+ step 4.5 with DELEGATEE as the current TARGET role. Stop the search, and
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jump to step 5 as soon as a delegation returns a result.
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** 5** . ** Verify the desired target against its targets metadata** .
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