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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:
... 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> _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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