secrecy is the kind of security we're talking about here

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Jean-Paul Calderone 2018-05-22 08:43:19 -04:00
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@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ An attacker learning this secret can overwrite share data with garbage
(lacking a separate encryption key,
there is no way to write data which appears legitimate to a legitimate client).
Therefore, **message confidentiality** is necessary when exchanging these secrets.
**Forward security** is preferred so that an attacker recording an exchange today cannot launch this attack at some future point after compromising the necessary keys.
**Forward secrecy** is preferred so that an attacker recording an exchange today cannot launch this attack at some future point after compromising the necessary keys.
Functionality
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