From b722000231f922f7f1789164c4b40db89ba62c61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Taylor Hornby Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 14:54:22 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Mention physical access / close proximity --- doc/security-warnings.md | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/security-warnings.md b/doc/security-warnings.md index 1066dbf9..a999fe17 100644 --- a/doc/security-warnings.md +++ b/doc/security-warnings.md @@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ Side-Channel Attacks -------------------- This implementation of Zcash is not resistant to side-channel attacks. You -should assume other unprivileged users running on the same hardware as your -`zcashd` process will be able to: +should assume (even unprivileged) users who are running on the hardware, or who +are physically near the hardware, that your `zcashd` process is running on will +be able to: - Determine the values of your secret spending keys, as well as which notes you are spending, by observing cache side-channels as you perform a JoinSplit