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What is this endpoint?
private.key
Private Key File
What an attacker could do
Recovering the private key lets an attacker decrypt intercepted TLS traffic, impersonate the service with a valid certificate, or forge signatures depending on the key's purpose.
How to defend it
Keep private keys outside the web root with strict file permissions, and rotate plus reissue the associated certificate immediately if exposure is suspected.
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