Re:Perfect Forward Secrecy can block the NSA, but almost no ...
by dlitz on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @04:13AM
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So, the actual scheme is authenticated Diffie-Hellman key agreement. Its security is based on the discrete logarithm problem---it does not provide perfect information-theoretical security.
"Forward secrecy" is an accurate term. "Perfect" is redundant and potentially misleading.
"Forward secrecy" is an accurate term. "Perfect" is redundant and potentially misleading.