// arborist/mesh — per-member secret envelope. // // Every epoch carries one fresh 32-byte symmetric secret. That single // secret is wrapped N times, once per member, using ECDH between the // rotator's X25519 priv and each member's X25519 pub. Each member // unwraps only their own slot. Evicted members get no slot at all. // // Render: dot -Tpng docs/diagrams/mesh-secret-envelope.dot -o /tmp/x.png digraph mesh_secret_envelope { rankdir=LR; bgcolor="white"; node [shape=box, style="rounded,filled", fontname="Helvetica"]; edge [fontname="Helvetica", fontsize=10]; secret [label="epoch_N_secret\n32 random bytes", fillcolor="#ffd6d6", shape=cylinder]; subgraph cluster_wrap { label="rotate_epoch() — done by actor (admin)"; style="rounded,dashed"; color="#666666"; ecdh_a [label="ECDH(rotator_dh_priv,\n alice_dh_pub)\n -> shared_a (HKDF)", fillcolor="#e8f0ff"]; ecdh_b [label="ECDH(rotator_dh_priv,\n bob_dh_pub)\n -> shared_b (HKDF)", fillcolor="#e8f0ff"]; ecdh_c [label="ECDH(rotator_dh_priv,\n carol_dh_pub)\n -> shared_c (HKDF)", fillcolor="#e8f0ff"]; wrap_a [label="ChaCha20-Poly1305\n(shared_a, nonce_a, secret,\n aad=alice.member_id)"]; wrap_b [label="ChaCha20-Poly1305\n(shared_b, nonce_b, secret,\n aad=bob.member_id)"]; wrap_c [label="ChaCha20-Poly1305\n(shared_c, nonce_c, secret,\n aad=carol.member_id)"]; secret -> wrap_a; secret -> wrap_b; secret -> wrap_c; ecdh_a -> wrap_a [label="key"]; ecdh_b -> wrap_b [label="key"]; ecdh_c -> wrap_c [label="key"]; } envelope [label="mesh_epochs.secret_envelope (JSON)\n{\n alice: {nonce_b64, ct_b64},\n bob: {nonce_b64, ct_b64},\n carol: {nonce_b64, ct_b64}\n}", fillcolor="#fff7d6", shape=note]; wrap_a -> envelope [label="alice slot"]; wrap_b -> envelope [label="bob slot"]; wrap_c -> envelope [label="carol slot"]; subgraph cluster_unwrap { label="Each peer unwraps only their own slot"; style="rounded,dashed"; color="#666666"; node [fillcolor="#d6ffd6"]; u_alice [label="alice:\nECDH(alice_dh_priv,\n rotator_dh_pub)\nthen AEAD-decrypt slot.alice"]; u_bob [label="bob:\nECDH(bob_dh_priv,\n rotator_dh_pub)\nthen AEAD-decrypt slot.bob"]; u_carol [label="carol:\nECDH(carol_dh_priv,\n rotator_dh_pub)\nthen AEAD-decrypt slot.carol"]; } envelope -> u_alice; envelope -> u_bob; envelope -> u_carol; evicted [label="evicted dave\nno slot in envelope\nValueError on unwrap", fillcolor="#ffe0e0", shape=octagon]; envelope -> evicted [label="dave NOT included", color="#cc0000", style=dashed]; }