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Analysis Reveals Weak Key Generation in SSL Protocols Identified

Calendar Feb 16, 2012 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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Analysis Cryptography researchers have discovered flaws in the key generation that underpins the security of important cryptography protocols, including SSL. Two teams of researchers working on the problem have identified the same weak key-generation problems. However, the two teams differ in their assessment of how widespread the problem is

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