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WAVE: A Decentralized Authorization Framework from Transparency Logs

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Overview

Explore a decentralized authorization framework called WAVE in this lecture by Raluca Popa from UC Berkeley. Delve into the concept of transparency logs and their application in blockchain technology. Learn about Certificate Transparency's guarantees, data structures used by log providers, and auditing processes. Understand the challenges of decentralized authorization and how WAVE addresses them through graph-based authorization. Compare traditional approaches with WAVE's innovative system. Examine the storage layer requirements and how Certificate Transparency principles are applied. Investigate the log provider's and server's data structures, and discuss the importance of revocation in this framework.

Syllabus

Intro
Outline
CT's transparency guarantee
The data structure at the log provider
Auditing
Transparency logs: summary
WAVE is a decentralized authorization system
Representative authorization example
Traditional approach
Comparison to authorization systems
Challenges to decentralized authorization
Graph Based Authorization
This forms a single global graph
What do we need from the storage layer?
How about Certificate Transparency?
Log provider's data structure
Log server data structure
Revocation

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Simons Institute

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