[clug] Debian + SSL security issue

Tomasz Ciolek tmc at vandradlabs.com.au
Wed May 14 13:20:05 GMT 2008


On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 08:52:29PM +1000, Jim Croft wrote:
> Predicable random numbers?   I know this is serious but the comparison
> with http://xkcd.com/221/ is just too irresistible.

Yup.

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

1. they may have to re-generate SSH keys.

Unless thye have thier own certificates for various things, nothing
more.

Cheers
Tomasz
 
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