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	Title		: Forward Secrecy Extensions for OpenPGP
	Author(s)	: I. Brown, A. Back, B. Laurie
	Filename	: draft-brown-pgp-pfs-00.txt
	Pages		: 10
	Date		: 24-Jul-00
	
The confidentiality of encrypted data depends on the secrecy of the
key needed to decrypt it. If one key is able to decrypt large
quantities of data, its compromise will be disastrous. This memo
describes three methods for limiting this vulnerability for OpenPGP
messages: reducing the lifetime of confidentiality keys; one-time
pads; and the additional use of lower-layer security services.

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