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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Lawrence Mitchell <wence@gmx.li>
Cc: 9036@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9036: [PATCH] gnutls: Add option to set minimum acceptable Diffie-Hellman key size
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:08:36 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3k4bi4397.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87zkkefrl9.fsf@gmx.li> (Lawrence Mitchell's message of "Sat, 16 Jul 2011 11:27:30 +0100")

Lawrence Mitchell <wence@gmx.li> writes:

> The handshake returns GNUTLS_E_DH_PRIME_UNACCEPTABLE if the
> number of server prime bits is too low.  I don't know how to
> query the size of the server prime.  Maybe
> gnutls_dh_get_prime_bits?  I'm wary to automatically adjust
> downwards.

I think adjusting it downwards automatically until you reach a
(user-definable) absolute lower limit would be fine.  But I have no idea
what an acceptable default lower limit would be, or what the impact on
security this would have.

> A better error message (pointing at the existance of
> gnutls-min-prime-bits) in the case of this failure mode would
> probably be good though.  I'll try and cook up a patch in the
> next few days.

Great!

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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  reply	other threads:[~2011-07-16 16:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-07-09 14:44 bug#9036: [PATCH] gnutls: Add option to set minimum acceptable Diffie-Hellman key size Lawrence Mitchell
2011-07-15 16:47 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-07-15 17:34 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-16 10:27   ` Lawrence Mitchell
2011-07-16 16:08     ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2011-11-10 15:21       ` Lawrence Mitchell

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