From: sameer <sameer@c2.org>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 95 11:37:06 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: The Next Hack
Message-ID: <199509211832.LAA24086@infinity.c2.org>
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	Now that we've seen that Netscape is doing a good job towards
trying to fix the hole that Ian and David have uncovered, it's time to
start looking at new things.

	Given the recent post to the www-security list that was
forwarded here, it seems like just replacing the server may not work
for all the secure servers out there-- keys may have to be replaced as
well. Let's find out.

Proposal for action:

1) Reverse-engineer a server to see if the keygen phase uses
a weak RNG seed. -- if so, determine the exact algorithim.

2) Organize a net-wide search over the space of the RNG seed to 
crack the private key of some well known secure server.

3) Release the private key to the net.

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