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A comment on PuTTY vulnerability vuln-p521-bias. Parent comment

Re:PuTTY vulnerability vuln-p521-bias by strbean on Monday April 15, 2024 @04:03PM (#40044968)
> (The problem is not with how the key was originally generated; it doesn't matter whether it came from PuTTYgen or somewhere else. What matters is whether it was ever used with PuTTY or Pageant.)

Sounds like your server keys are safe.

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Re:PuTTY vulnerability vuln-p521-bias by cchance on Monday April 15, 2024 @11:38PM (#40048134)
I mean it also sounds like you'd need to be using a exploited server, or give the hacker access to your pageant...
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