[Cryptography] Posting the keys/certs for: Two distinct DSA keys sign a file with the same signature. Is this repudiation issue?

Georgi Guninski guninski at guninski.com
Sat Oct 1 08:29:38 EDT 2016


On Sat, Oct 01, 2016 at 01:07:27AM +0000, Salz, Rich wrote:
> 
> > Does it matter who created the keys if openssl accepts them?
> 
> Okay, great, you found a bug in OpenSSL in that it accepts invalid keys created by an external program.
> 

I see, openssl tries to generate valid stuff, while accepting invalid
stuff by _bad_ "external programs".

> Look forward to your PR to fix it.  I mean really, let's have some perspective.  A bug in DSA key validation is really not a big deal.

Certainly, accepting invalid signatures (generated by external program)
or something like shellshock/hearthbleed is much more interesting,
definitely.


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