Updating Debian Keys for the Uninterested | Linux Today

Updating Debian Keys for the Uninterested

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 24, 2008

[ Thanks to steve
hill
for this link. ]

“Despite having an aversion to configuring and maintaining
security and crypto software, I accepted that I had to update my
system in response to the recent big Debian security problem. If I
can do it, you can do it. Below are my notes, but keep in mind that
my security rank is somewhere between ignorant and
uninterested…

“To fix the OpenSSL problem, you have to do two things. First
you have to upgrade the package “libssl0.9.8″. Then you have to
check your system for weak keys and regenerate them if there are
any…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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