> There is no law that says the MITM must pass any traffic to any particular
> party.
Yes there is. The law of "definition of MITM"
> If he can get plaintext out of A without sending anything ever to B,
> then he has won and he's still a man in the middle. The key is that he can
> intercept and control any traffic sent by one party to the protocol to any
> other party to the protocol.
Those are worthwhile things, but they are intercepting, hijacking, etc.
They are not a MITM attack. Yes, if you find out about him, he's still
an adversary, but he is no longer a MITM.
/r$
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