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Re: [TLS] bikeshed: Forward Security or Secrecy?

Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com> Tue, 01 December 2015 13:40 UTC

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From: Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com>
Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2015 05:40:14 -0800
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Subject: Re: [TLS] bikeshed: Forward Security or Secrecy?
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I am planning to use "forward secrecy"

On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 4:17 AM, William Whyte <wwhyte@securityinnovation.com
> wrote:

> If we want to change to “key erasure” we should synch with CFRG and SAAG
> to ensure it’s used IETF-wide. I don’t think that “forward secrecy” is so
> broken that it needs fixing.
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> Cheers,
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> William
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> *From:* TLS [mailto:tls-bounces@ietf.org] *On Behalf Of *Tony Arcieri
> *Sent:* Monday, November 30, 2015 11:20 PM
> *To:* Hugo Krawczyk
> *Cc:* tls@ietf.org
> *Subject:* Re: [TLS] bikeshed: Forward Security or Secrecy?
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> On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 8:09 PM, Hugo Krawczyk <hugo@ee.technion.ac.il>
> wrote:
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> The more common term is "forward secrecy"
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> I'd second this. I'm also a fan of Dan Bernstein's recommended term: "key
> erasure"
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> Tony Arcieri
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