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Reword and s/message index/ratchet index/

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@ -277,12 +277,13 @@ Limitations
Message Replays
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A message can be decrypted successfully multiple times. This means that a MITM
server can send multiple copies of a message and they will successfully decrypt.
A message can be decrypted successfully multiple times. This means that an
attacker can re-send a copy of an old message, and the recipient will treat it
as a new message.
To mitigate this it is recomendend that applications track the message indicies
they have recieved and that they reject messages with indicies that they've
already decrypted.
To mitigate this it is recomendend that applications track the ratchet indicies
they have recieved and that they reject messages with a ratchet index that
they've already decrypted.
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