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Re: Continuous brute force attempt from own server !!! (OT question)



On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 09:16:50PM +0900, Joel Rees wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 10:12 PM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <
> > Switching to a new one and disposing of the older one is, for whatever
> > reason, usually called "rotating the keys".
> 
> Probably because of perceived similarities to rotating logs?

Unlikely. Two completely different concepts. My guess is that they were
actually rotated at some point but when that changed, the name was not.

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who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the 
oppressing." --- Malcolm X


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