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RE: Security team successfully cracks SSL using 200 PS3's and MD5flaw.

  • From: Deepak Jain
  • Date: Fri Jan 02 16:16:37 2009

> ssl itself wasn't cracked they simply exploited the known vulnerable
> md5
> hashing.  Another hashing method needs to be used.

The encryption algorithm wasn't hacked. Correct. Another hashing method 
may help. Yup. 

My problem is with the chain-of-trust and a lack of reasonable or reasonably reliable (pick) 
ways of revoking certificates. 

Deepak





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