Thanks Steve.

Regards,

// Ola

On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 12:19:30AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> severity 410498 normal
> thanks
> 
> On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 02:22:09AM -0500, Yaroslav Halchenko wrote:
> > Since I suspect that the cause is in SSL error mentioned below, and
> > since shipped certificate is the one used on all the systems and no
> > directions are given that it has to be replaced for ntop to
> > function properly, I raised severity to grave.
> 
> No, this is not grave.  You shouldn't be depending on a package-provided
> private key for any SSL operations anyway, because it provides no real
> security when anyone else with a copy of the package can decrypt your web
> traffic.
> 
> So by all rights, the fact that this certificate is broken should be
> considered a feature, not a bug.
> 
> -- 
> Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
> Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
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> 
> 

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