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Forward Security is about creating a single session key and then ensuring that it isn't trusted after the session. This is a good best practice and SHOULD be u
by mjevans 8y ago
Forward Security is about creating a single session key and then ensuring that it isn't trusted after the session.
This is a good best practice and SHOULD be used everywhere.
It does not prevent any attacker, government or otherwise, from making client implementations do things like:
* add in third party key distribution (backdoor the conversation)
* send a 'backup' of keys or other details to a central server
* directly man in the middle by only establishing a "secure" connection to a middle server
* compromise the situation in other ways; E.G. using a flawed "random" source
BTW, if you can't build the client your self from source, how do you KNOW the above isn't being done?