From: Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Heartbleed fix - question re: replacing self-signed certs with real ones
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 10:29:34 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5352965E.4020708@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201404190033.35662.michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
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Mick wrote:
> Encryption still works, at least for some attackers. The fact that burglars can pick locks doesn't
mean that you should leave your door unlocked. FWIW I just checked my
bank's website encryption ... they *still* use RC4!!! O_O I guess they
are keen to make sure all these customers with WinXP and MSIE 7.0 can
still login? For crying out loud! It seems that RSA's days may be
numbered and elliptic curve cryptography would be the way forward, not
because of resource constrained mobile devices, but also because of
recent advances in crypto-analytics which may make RSA obsolete:
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/517781/math-advances-raise-the-prospect-of-an-internet-security-crisis/
How does one find out what their bank uses? I'd like to check on what
mine uses. I have Seamonkey and Firefox installed here IF it matters.
Dale
:-) :-)
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Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-04-16 10:52 [gentoo-user] Heartbleed fix - question re: replacing self-signed certs with real ones Tanstaafl
2014-04-16 11:14 ` Matti Nykyri
2014-04-16 17:56 ` Tanstaafl
2014-04-17 5:59 ` Matti Nykyri
2014-04-17 6:10 ` Mick
2014-04-17 14:40 ` Matti Nykyri
2014-04-17 15:49 ` Mick
2014-04-17 16:54 ` Joe User
2014-04-17 18:43 ` Matti Nykyri
2014-04-17 20:17 ` [gentoo-user] " walt
2014-04-18 5:50 ` Matti Nykyri
2014-04-18 14:27 ` Dale
2014-04-18 16:45 ` Mick
2014-04-18 18:08 ` Dale
2014-04-18 19:01 ` Mick
2014-04-18 20:27 ` Dale
2014-04-18 23:33 ` Mick
2014-04-19 15:29 ` Dale [this message]
2014-04-19 15:43 ` Matti Nykyri
2014-04-19 19:33 ` Dale
2014-04-19 19:43 ` Joe User
2014-04-19 21:23 ` Dale
2014-04-20 0:18 ` Peter Humphrey
2014-04-20 8:49 ` Mick
2014-04-20 9:21 ` Matti Nykyri
2014-04-20 10:26 ` Mick
2014-04-19 16:11 ` Mick
2014-04-19 18:41 ` Dale
2014-04-20 8:27 ` Mick
2014-04-20 9:10 ` Dale
2014-04-20 12:38 ` Mick
2014-04-20 16:40 ` Matti Nykyri
2014-04-20 17:20 ` Joe User
2014-04-21 6:57 ` Matti Nykyri
2014-04-20 18:36 ` Dale
2014-04-19 11:51 ` [gentoo-user] " Mick
2014-04-19 13:17 ` Joe User
2014-04-19 15:38 ` Matti Nykyri
2014-04-19 16:40 ` Joe User
2014-04-19 17:14 ` Mick
2014-04-20 23:20 ` Mick
2014-04-21 7:11 ` Matti Nykyri
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