Snapshot 1.0.4f & Klima/Rosa tests

Werner Koch wk@gnupg.org
Wed Mar 28 12:01:02 2001


On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Steve Beach wrote:


> I'm a little bit paranoid about the Klima/Rosa attack. Examining the
> source code, it doesn't appear that there has been any change in the
> verification of the secret keys in cipher/dsa.c or cipher/rsa.c.
There is no change there but a catch all check in g10/sign.c - at the central place where all signatures are created, the created signature is immediately verified by using the piublic key in a way which is identical to the normal signature verification. Given that the described attack relies on a false signature, there is no chance that such a false signature will be created. Ciao, Werner -- Werner Koch Omnis enim res, quae dando non deficit, dum habetur g10 Code et non datur, nondum habetur, quomodo habenda est. Privacy Solutions -- Augustinus