15 May
2008
15 May
'08
10:26 a.m.
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 -- Dr. Mike Jones Research Computing Services at The University of Manchester http://www.rcs.manchester.ac.uk