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Re:Socat: “the hard coded 1024 bit DH p parameter was not pr... by stouset on Monday February 01, 2016 @05:42PM (#11016214)
2^-80 is orders and orders of magnitude less likely than the chance of a bit error in RAM when performing the calculation. Or of fucking up the implementation of such a check. Or of a CPU error.

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20160114-00/?p=...

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Re:Socat: “the hard coded 1024 bit DH p parameter was not pr... by smegel on Monday February 01, 2016 @07:50PM (#11016955)
So how did it happen in this case?
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