NNSquad - Network Neutrality Squad
[ NNSquad ] Protecting data for the long term with forward secrecy
Protecting data for the long term with forward secrecy
http://j.mp/v0dI6W (Google Online Security Blog)
"Forward secrecy requires that the private keys for a connection are
not kept in persistent storage. An adversary that breaks a single key
will no longer be able to decrypt months' worth of connections; in
fact, not even the server operator will be able to retroactively
decrypt HTTPS sessions. Forward secret HTTPS is now live for Gmail
and many other Google HTTPS services(*), like SSL Search, Docs and
Google+. We have also released the work that we did on the open source
OpenSSL library that made this possible."
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*Excellent* work. Congrats to the team(s) responsible.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org
Founder:
- Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org
- Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
- PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com