Topic: 32,768 Keys in OpenSSL

[jfarschman]

http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/20801/

Apparently every key we have generate in the past couple of years has not been as random as we thought.  There were only 32,768 potential keys.

This is a good one because even after we upgrade the software we need to regenerate the keys as well.

 

[Stefano]

AFAIK it's a Debian (and *buntu) issue

in any case, this is OT in this forum

Ciao
Stefano

[CharlieBrady]

http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/20801/

Apparently every key we have generate in the past couple of years has not been as random as we thought.

That's only true if you generated your keys on a Debian derived linux distro. SME server is not such a distro.

[jfarschman]

Thanks.  That article makes is sound like a much larger problem.