SSH Encryption and Connection Process

SSH Encryption and Connection Process Introduction SSH, or secure shell, is a secure protocol and the most common way of safely administering remote servers. Using a number of encryption technologies, SSH provides a mechanism for establishing a cryptographically secured connection between two...

Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.04 : gnupg vulnerability (USN-170-1)

Serge Mister and Robert Zuccherato discovered a weakness of the symmetrical encryption algorithm of gnupg. When decrypting a message, gnupg uses a feature called 'quick scan'; this can quickly check whether the key that is used for decryption is probably the right one, so that wrong keys can be...

USN-170-1: gnupg vulnerability

Serge Mister and Robert Zuccherato discovered a weakness of the symmetrical encryption algorithm of gnupg. When decrypting a message, gnupg uses a feature called "quick scan"; this can quickly check whether the key that is used for decryption is probably the right one, so that wrong keys can be...