[dundee] 'Severe' OpenSSL vuln busts public key crypto

[Kris Davidson]

Heh, yeah it just seemed the most efficient method were I a criminal
or hostile government. Though I disagree with it, even straight
torture would work in such a situation, theres the old argument that
its never been a reliable means of gaining information but that falls
on its face with something like this, where there is an instant
response in information.

Kris

On 5 March 2010 14:04, Robert Ladyman <it at file-away.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Blimey, that is a severe password-change policy.
>
>> It seems massively unfeasible; as an alternative I'd be inclined to
>> kidnap someones family until they gave me the key and the pass phrase.
>>
>> Kris
>>
>> On 4 March 2010 22:21, Arron M Finnon <finux at finux.co.uk> wrote:
>> > Not too practical in the real world, but you never know it could lead to
>> > more things
>> >
>> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/04/severe_openssl_vulnerability/
>> >
>> > Computer scientists say they've discovered a "severe vulnerability" in
>> > the world's most widely used software encryption package that allows
>> > them to retrieve a machine's secret cryptographic key.
>> >
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