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05-13-2008, 05:44 PM	#1
Administrator Administrator Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 7,376 Blog Entries: 17	Debian fixes serious crypto bug Debian has warned of a vulnerability in its cryptographic functions that could leave systems open to attack. The use of a cryptographically flawed pseudo random number generator in Debian's implementation of OpenSSL meant that potentially predictable keys were generated. Versions of Debian's OpenSSL packages starting with 0.9.8c-1 (released in September 2006) are potentially vulnerable. [details]
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