diff --git a/standards/application/privatev1.md b/standards/application/privatev1.md index 51ce787..97d64e6 100644 --- a/standards/application/privatev1.md +++ b/standards/application/privatev1.md @@ -77,12 +77,12 @@ Transport choice is an implementation decision that should be made based on depl The choice of transport mechanism has no impact on PRIVATE1's security properties. Confidentiality, integrity, and forward secrecy are provided regardless of how payloads are delivered. -However, transport choice may affect other properties. +However, transport choice may affect other properties and characteristics. -**Sender Privacy:** -Implementations may leak sensitive metadata. +**Recipient Privacy:** +The routing/addressing layer may leak sensitive metadata including the recipients identity. The payloads generated by this protocol do not reveal the participants of a conversation, however the overall privacy properties are determined by the delivery mechanism used to transport payloads. -**Reliability** +**Reliability Performance** While PRIVATE1 handles message losses, more reliable transports reduce retransmission overhead. ## Initialization