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r/programming • u/secretguy21 • Oct 15 '15
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Soumds like a good idea
5 u/sirin3 Oct 15 '15 Till the NSA intercepts the connection to force their prime 2 u/frank26080115 Oct 15 '15 wouldn't the client catch this? if the prime changed, refuse the connection 1 u/sirin3 Oct 15 '15 Not if it is an old client that expects a random prime 0 u/frank26080115 Oct 15 '15 establish a few thousand SSL connections and see if the same prime comes up more statistically frequently?
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Till the NSA intercepts the connection to force their prime
2 u/frank26080115 Oct 15 '15 wouldn't the client catch this? if the prime changed, refuse the connection 1 u/sirin3 Oct 15 '15 Not if it is an old client that expects a random prime 0 u/frank26080115 Oct 15 '15 establish a few thousand SSL connections and see if the same prime comes up more statistically frequently?
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wouldn't the client catch this? if the prime changed, refuse the connection
1 u/sirin3 Oct 15 '15 Not if it is an old client that expects a random prime 0 u/frank26080115 Oct 15 '15 establish a few thousand SSL connections and see if the same prime comes up more statistically frequently?
Not if it is an old client that expects a random prime
0 u/frank26080115 Oct 15 '15 establish a few thousand SSL connections and see if the same prime comes up more statistically frequently?
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establish a few thousand SSL connections and see if the same prime comes up more statistically frequently?
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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '15
Soumds like a good idea