An attacker captures the encrypted communication between two parties for a week, but is unable to decrypt the messages. The attacker then compromises the session key during one exchange and successfully compromises a single message. The attacker plans to use this key to decrypt previously captured and future communications, but is unable to. This is because the encryption scheme in use adheres to:

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Perfect forward secrecy ensures that even if a session key is compromised, it cannot be used to decrypt past or future communications, as each session uses a unique key.

An Attacker Captures the Encrypted Communication Between Two Parties for a Week