Bug#475194: D-H parameter generation is All Wrong

Marc Haber mh+debian-packages at zugschlus.de
Wed Apr 9 20:29:54 UTC 2008


On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 10:34:00AM -0400, sacrificial-spam-address at horizon.com wrote:
> The entire premise of the script /usr/share/exim4/exim4_refresh_gnutls-params
> is based on a serious misapprehension of the role of Diffie-Hellman
> parmeters in performing encryption.

It is, however, in accordance with upstream's recommendations.

> I wish I could come up with a polite way to put this, but the entire
> thing smells strongly of cluon deficiency.

Point taken. Please give the same advice upstream and we'll follow
once upstream changed their recommendations.

Greetins
Marc

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