V.T. Eric Layton Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 A team of Internet security researchers says a small number of public encryption keys offer "no security at all" By Evan Applegate from Business Week: First, the bad news: A small number of active RSA public encryption keys, a popular type of encryption protocol that secures billions of online transactions, offer “no security at all.” read more --> http://www.businessweek.com/technology/res...c-02162012.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Interesting, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ross549 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 http://twit.tv/show/security-now/340 Leo and Steve Gibson discuss this in their latest episode of Security Now. This is certainly an issue that needs to be fixed, but is certainly not something that is really deployable as a threat today. Essentially this works only if you have a public key and a private kay that have one of their factors that is the same. In short, this is a highly limited number, and the attacker would have to know who you are, what system you are connecting to, and that systems key. Not really practical to deploy at this point. Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 http://twit.tv/show/security-now/340 Leo and Steve Gibson discuss this in their latest episode of Security Now. This is certainly an issue that needs to be fixed, but is certainly not something that is really deployable as a threat today. Essentially this works only if you have a public key and a private kay that have one of their factors that is the same. In short, this is a highly limited number, and the attacker would have to know who you are, what system you are connecting to, and that systems key. Not really practical to deploy at this point. Adam Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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