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Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 1571-1] New openssl packages fix predictable random number generator



On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 3:52 PM, Jan Luehr <jluehr@gmx.net> wrote:

>  > For the last question, I see several solutions:
>  >  - the user has to read the DSA and handle it himself
>
>  Since some keys are generated automatically, (e.g. ssh host keys) users will
>  have to regenerate keys,they haven't generated in the first place and might
>  not be aware of their existens.
>  That's bad.
>


The only instructions I've seen for regenerating host keys include
shutting down the sshd server. This is impossible in some servers I
have, so is there another way?


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