> From: [email protected] [mailto:mono-devel-list-
> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Edward Ned Harvey (mono)
> 
> > From: Sebastien Pouliot [mailto:[email protected]]
> >
> > Please re-read the TLS RFC (any of them) and tell me where you need to
> > _generate_ an RSA keypair to establish an SSL/TLS connection ?!?

Just in case anyone is wondering, Sebastien is right.  "Re-read the spec" is 
the answer.   ;-)  In SSL/TLS, the server and client do not *both* need a 
keypair.  During handshake, the server & client each send each other some 
random bytes.  And then the client generates some more random bytes (the 
pre-master secret), and sends to the server encrypted by the server's public 
key.  From all the random bytes and pre-master secret, the server & client are 
both able to generate the master secret and session keys.

Thanks, Sebastien.   ;-)
_______________________________________________
Mono-devel-list mailing list
[email protected]
http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-devel-list

Reply via email to