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MITM has nothing to do with TLS. It just means that the attacker is talking to both sides simultaniously, giving them the impression to be talking to each other directly. Thus the attacker is able to read manipulate the traffic. This can be used to hand out the attackers own certificates, but is in no way limited to it. I'd call this attack as the library is doing it MITM.



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