Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> After keys are regenerated and all old keys are removed, would a reboot
> be in order to ensure that no apps are using old files that have been
> unlinked but still open?

If replacing a key for a daemon like ssh, or apache, or postfix, restart
the daemon. Some of these daemons read the key file into memory on
startup and never re-read it.

> I don't suppose that new version of (was it ssh) in Sid that warns of
> connections with weak keys will be backported to Etch as a security fix?

Yes, ssh in etch will be updated.

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see shy jo

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