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RaptorQ is the most advanced fountain code … RaptorQ is the most advanced fountain code proposed
so far. Its properties make it attractive for forward error
correction (FEC), offering high reliability at low overheads (i.e.,
for a small amount of repair information) and efficient encoding
and decoding operations. Since RaptorQ’s emergence, it has already
been standardized by the IETF, and there is the expectation
that it will be adopted by several other standardization bodies,
in areas related to digital media broadcast, cellular networks,
and satellite communications. The paper describes a new attack
on RaptorQ that breaks the near ideal FEC performance, by
carefully choosing which packets are allowed to reach the receiver.
Furthermore, the attack was extended to be performed over
secure channels with IPsec/ESP. The paper also proposes a few
solutions to protect the code from the attack, which could be
easily integrated into the implementations. asily integrated into the implementations.
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