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4096 bit RSA encryption keys vs 2048

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3 answers

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Is SHA1 weak for SSL?

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How will SHA1 deprecation affect internal CA's?

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How will SHA1 deprecation affect SHA1 roots in OS/Browser trust stores.

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Is CVE-2013-2566 a practical attack against RC4 or still conceptual?

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Can CVE-2015-7704 - ntpd kiss-of-death affect NTP time servers or just clients?

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Does TLS fallback only keep from downgrades to SSLv3?

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Can Poodle be fixed in SSLv3 or will it go the way of TLS compression?

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If TLS compression is not supported is a site still vulnerable to attacks such as BREACH?

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ECDSA ciphers and forward secrecy question about key exchange

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What is the deal with Valicert SSL root certificates?

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Why is a CSR hashed?

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Has CVE-2014-6271 Shell Shock been mitigated completely what is the latest? [closed]

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Why are CA's now signing root certs with SHA2?

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asked Sep 26, 2014 at 22:28

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Can Cipher Suites defined in TLSv1.2 be negotiated by clients that only support TLSv1.0?

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Poodle - possible to protocol downgrade if SSLv3 is disabled but still have SSLv3 ciphers enabled?

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Can TLS fallback work with server side support only?

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asked Dec 2, 2014 at 18:13

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Can TLSv1.0 ciphers be used with SSLv3?

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How to test the php vulnerability CVE-2014-3515

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asked Feb 19, 2015 at 20:14

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Same certificate but different private keys on different servers. Does this work?

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asked Apr 27, 2016 at 19:45

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Should self signed wildcard certs be used?

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Why does IP address need to be listed as a DNS name in SAN/UCC certs?

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Will CA's still validate internal IP's in SSL certs?

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43 Questions

4096 bit RSA encryption keys vs 2048

SSL root certificate optional?

Can a CSR be created in OpenSSL with SHA2?

Is SHA1 weak for SSL?

Trying to understand why signatures in root certs "are not used"?

How will SHA1 deprecation affect internal CA's?

How are browsers able to find and construct an alternate trusted chain path?

How will SHA1 deprecation affect SHA1 roots in OS/Browser trust stores.

Is CVE-2013-2566 a practical attack against RC4 or still conceptual?

Can CVE-2015-7704 - ntpd kiss-of-death affect NTP time servers or just clients?

Does TLS fallback only keep from downgrades to SSLv3?

Can Poodle be fixed in SSLv3 or will it go the way of TLS compression?

ECDSA/RSA certificates and cipher selection

Bitdefender Antivirus SSL Cert substitution

Best email SPF practice for dispersed users?

If TLS compression is not supported is a site still vulnerable to attacks such as BREACH?

ECDSA ciphers and forward secrecy question about key exchange

What is the deal with Valicert SSL root certificates?

Why is a CSR hashed?

Has CVE-2014-6271 Shell Shock been mitigated completely what is the latest? [closed]

Why are CA's now signing root certs with SHA2?

Can Cipher Suites defined in TLSv1.2 be negotiated by clients that only support TLSv1.0?

Poodle - possible to protocol downgrade if SSLv3 is disabled but still have SSLv3 ciphers enabled?

Can TLS fallback work with server side support only?

Can TLSv1.0 ciphers be used with SSLv3?

How to test the php vulnerability CVE-2014-3515

Same certificate but different private keys on different servers. Does this work?

Should self signed wildcard certs be used?

Why does IP address need to be listed as a DNS name in SAN/UCC certs?

Will CA's still validate internal IP's in SSL certs?