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Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 2502-1] python-crypto security update
From: coderman <coderman () gmail com>
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 19:35:03 -0700
On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm () debian org> wrote:
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Package : python-crypto
Vulnerability : programming error...
It was discovered that that the ElGamal code in PythonCrypto, a
collection of cryptographic algorithms and protocols for Python used
insecure insufficient prime numbers in key generation
i wish i had a dollar for every not-so-random random number generator
error that has transpired the last few years. i could pay for DEF CON.
;)
decades pass, and yet people still fuck up the fundamentals. regularly...
how many of you fools mix a hw entropy source into your crypto keying?
ever hear of 82802? XSTORE? RDRAND? lava lamps?
</cry>
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