On Tue, 12 Mar 1996, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
Signed Diffie-Hellman key exchanges have the property known as "Perfect Forward Secrecy". Even if the opponent gets your public keys
Just to clarify Perry's statement- Diffie-Helman key exchanges can provide Perfect forward secrecy if fresh parameters are used each time- protocols like the old version of SKIP, which do not use fresh paramaters each time, do not provide perfect forward secrecy. Simon --- They say in online country So which side are you on boys There is no middle way Which side are you on You'll either be a Usenet man Which side are you on boys Or a thug for the CDA Which side are you on? National Union of Computer Operatives; Hackers, local 37 APL-CPIO