[SSL Observatory] Ubiquitous usage of non-ephemeral keys

ArkanoiD ark at eltex.net
Wed Apr 6 15:33:45 PDT 2011


Sure. My impression was that it is rarely used "on the internets", most servers
try to negotiate reusable key protocol (as well non-DH ciphers are preferred in web browsers)

On Wed, Apr 06, 2011 at 11:24:57PM +0100, Erwann ABALEA wrote:
> 
>    If the negociated ciphersuite uses DH (either plain DH or EDH), then
>    you can't decipher a capture with only the RSA private key.
>    EDH is used by default if your Apache config is not properly optimized
>    for speed.
> 
>    Le 6 avr. 2011 23:36, "ArkanoiD" <[1]ark at eltex.net> a ecrit :
>    > Are we really sure it is ok that anyone who got possession of
>    expired server private key can decipher any old capured SSL traffic?
>    Expired keys are rarely disposed properly, most people think there is
>    no harm in leaking keys that are not in use anymore.
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