And if you're Cisco, you also embed your private key in the firmware of your VoIP product line so you don't lose it. Just in case you wanted a really easy backdoor for the entire platform shipped with every piece of hardware. Security is important!
(; On Jul 6, 2014 10:31 AM, "Russell Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jul 4, 2014, at 8:38 PM, Russell Senior <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > The main thing is that you are sure you have the right public key. > > So, you could pipe the public key through sha512sum or something and > > recite the hash over the phone to be sure it's the same at both ends. > > The public key doesn't need to be secret. > > > Those are the important bits. One of the great things about public/private > keys is it does not matter who has the public key. It only matters who has > the private key. Many people have posted their public key on their web > site, etc. > > Russell Johnson > [email protected] > > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
