[stunnel-users] key+cert+dh risks

Ludolf Holzheid lholzheid at bihl-wiedemann.de
Sun Feb 13 22:21:10 CET 2011


On Sat, 2011-02-12 14:32:19 +0100, Jean-Yves F. Barbier wrote:
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> Hmmm, so it looks like may the entropy may be higher with 2 different keys.

Yes, but if this was more than a hypothetical problem, there would be
a counter for uses of the key and a recommendation to use a new key
after a certain number of uses. Think of how many times the web
banking servers use their key ...

Don't be too concerned about that.

Ludolf

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