[openssl-users] openssl impact on CVE-2015-2808

2015-04-06 Thread Sandeep Umesh
Hello Users, Just want to understand the impact of openssl for RC4 Bar mitzvah attack. Please correct me if my understanding is wrong, basically this attack is triggered based on the design of RC4. openssl is one of the implementers of RC4 algo. I am not sure if there will be any design change

Re: [openssl-users] openssl impact on CVE-2015-2808

2015-04-06 Thread Michael Wojcik
Technology Specialist, Micro Focus From: openssl-users [mailto:openssl-users-boun...@openssl.org] On Behalf Of Sandeep Umesh Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 14:20 To: OpenSSL User Support ML Subject: [openssl-users] openssl impact on CVE-2015-2808 Just want to understand the impact of openssl for RC4

Re: [openssl-users] openssl impact on CVE-2015-2808

2015-04-06 Thread Jeffrey Walton
Please correct me if my understanding is wrong, basically this attack is triggered based on the design of RC4. openssl is one of the implementers of RC4 algo. There are biases in the stream created by RC4. In theory, and adversary could use the biases to as a launchpad to recover plain text