[clug] Debian + SSL security issue

Jim Croft jim.croft at gmail.com
Wed May 14 10:52:29 GMT 2008


Predicable random numbers?   I know this is serious but the comparison
with http://xkcd.com/221/ is just too irresistible.

Any indication what this might mean to, say, your typical working
family running, say, Ubuntu?

jim

On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 1:07 PM, Andrew <andrew at donehue.net> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>  For those who saw the announcement -
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2008/msg00152.html
>
>  Does anyone have any further indication of how severe this is?  It would
> mean lots of re-keying for me (nearly 100 boxen all up) :(  The updates
> don't bother me, as I do them anyhow...
>
>
>  Cheers,
>  Andrew Donehue
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