Hi folks,
I've just been informed that openssl versions on Debian systems from Sep
2006 - May 2008 have had a substandard key generation algorithm. This is due
to a predictable random number seed, resulting, I am led to believe, in a key
space consisting of 32767 different keys for each key size, type and
endianess.
See e.g. http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2008/msg00152.html
rgds
Mike
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Dr. Mike Jones
Research Computing Services at The University of Manchester
http://www.rcs.manchester.ac.uk
