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Re:How HTTPS Handshake Happens by calebbrown on Monday June 26, 2017 @11:55PM (#14642465)
Doesn't cover perfect forward secrecy (PFS).

Without PFS if the server's private key was stolen (e.g. by hacking the server) then all traffic sniffed in the past could be decrypted.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward_secrecy

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