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# MSC2630: Checking public keys in SAS verification
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The current SAS protocol does not ensure that the two users correctly received
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each other's public keys. An attacker could send Alice and Bob public keys
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that he has created and, if the attacker is lucky, could obtain the same shared
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secret with both Alice and Bob, so that when they verify the SAS string, will
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believe that the exchange was secure.
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To mitigate against this, Alice and Bob can use the two public keys in the
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generation of the SAS string by including it in the info parameter of the HKDF.
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Thus if an attacker sends them different public keys, the info parameters will
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be different, and so the key generated by the HKDF will be different.
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Thanks to [David Wong](https://twitter.com/cryptodavidw) for identifying the
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issue, disclosing responsibly, and for helping to design the fix.
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## Proposal
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A new `key_agreement_protocol`, `curve25519-hkdf-sha256` is introduced, and
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will be mandatory for clients to support when performing SAS verification. It
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is the same as `curve25519` except that the info parameter for the HKDF is the
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concatenation of:
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* The string `MATRIX_KEY_VERIFICATION_SAS|`.
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* The Matrix ID of the user who sent the `m.key.verification.start` message,
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followed by `|`.
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* The Device ID of the device which sent the `m.key.verification.start`
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message, followed by `|`.
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* The public key from the `m.key.verification.key` message sent by the device
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which sent the `m.key.verification.start` message, followed by `|`.
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* The Matrix ID of the user who sent the `m.key.verification.accept` message,
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followed by `|`.
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* The Device ID of the device which sent the `m.key.verification.accept`
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message, followed by `|`.
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* The public key from the `m.key.verification.key` message sent by the device
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which sent the `m.key.verification.accept` message, followed by `|`.
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* The `transaction_id` being used.
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The differences from `curve25519` are the addition of the public keys, and the
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addition of `|` as delimiter between the fields.
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The `key_agreement_protocol` `curve25519` is deprecated and may be removed in
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the future. It will no longer be mandatory for clients to support, and new
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implementations are discouraged from implementing it.
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## Implementation
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This has been implemented in:
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- Riot Web 1.6.3 (matrix-js-sdk 6.2.0)
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- Riot Android 0.9.12 (matrix-android-sdk 0.9.35)
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- RiotX 0.21
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- Riot iOS 0.11.5 (matrix-ios-sdk 0.16.5)
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- matrix-weechat and pantalaimon (matrix-nio 0.12.0)
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- famedlysdk
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