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Comment by catlifeonmars

14 hours ago

It all depends on the key exchange mechanism (KEM) used at the start of the TLS session. Some KEM have a property called “perfect forward secrecy” (PFS) which means it’s not possible to decrypt the TLS session after the fact unless one of the nodes logs out the session key(s). Diffie Helman and ECDH are two KEM that provide a PFS guarantee.

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