To all that have a clue,
Please help clarify two points. If this is a little off for this list,
please excuse. I know you folks out there know the answers.
Does SSL use RSA keys?
In SSL, is the key generated each time a browser initiates a session?
Or if someone has the "crack" for a certain key, can they then decrypt
all messages coded with that key?
What started all this? An article I read said that the 512 bit RSA
encryption module had been cracked. The headline of the article said
that "the standard used to encrypt financial transactions on the
Internet is no longer secure."
My impression was that the RSA keys are used in PGP and a lot of VPN
networks, and that the SSL keys are not the same.
Please clarify.
Thanks,
Michael Sorbera
Webmaster
Randolph-Brooks Federal Credit Union
"In the land of the clueless, he who has half a clue is King!"
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