Microsoft Tightens Security, Deals IT Folks Headaches in Flame Fight

[Chiefcrowe]

Microsoft Tightens Security, Deals IT Folks Headaches in Flame Fight

Microsoft roots out obsolete MD5 certificates, disallows RSA keys shorter than 1024 bits

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=25157

 

[MrColin]

MD5 was recently shown to be useless for cryptographic purposes. By recently, I mean 2008.

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/836068/