Forward secrecy
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forward-secrecy-205-11111088
title:
Forward secrecy
text:
In cryptography, forward secrecy (FS), also known as perfect forward secrecy (PFS), is a feature of specific key-agreement protocols that gives assurances that session keys will not be compromised even if long-term secrets used in the session key exchange are compromised, limiting damage. For HTTPS, the long-term secret is typically the private key of the server. Forward secrecy protects past sessions against future compromises of keys or passwords. By generating a unique session key for every s
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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Practice in cryptography
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward_secrecy
date created:
2005-07-08T02:30:13Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T13:00:56Z
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