FermanMonteRae

The weakness is the result of export restrictions the US government mandated in the 1990s on US developers who wanted their software to be used abroad. The regime was established by the Clinton administration so the FBI and other agencies could break the encryption used by foreign entities.

HT to Arthur Brownlee IV​ “Government is the problem.”

Originally shared by ****

http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/05/https-crippling-attack-threatens-tens-of-thousands-of-web-and-mail-servers/

NOOOOOOO!!!!!

I am now automatically using 4096 bit RSA for everything. My paranoia level is over 9000 currently. When TLS is broken, it’s the last straw. I can never trust anything anymore. Even my setup of NoScript, HTTP nowhere, HTTPS everywhere, onion router, PGP, and other measures will not be enough to stop this. RIP