GNU bug report logs - #11267
24.0.95; gnutls.c: [0] (Emacs) fatal error: The Diffie-Hellman prime sent by the server is not acceptable (not long enough).

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Roland Winkler" <winkler <at> gnu.org>

Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:16:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.0.95

Fixed in version 24.4

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 11267 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Roland Winkler <winkler <at> gnu.org>, 11267 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11267: 24.0.95;
	gnutls.c: [0] (Emacs) fatal error: The Diffie-Hellman prime sent by
	the server is not acceptable (not long enough).
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:26:06 +0200

Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:

> I also wonder how it can be safer to fall back to no encryption at all,
> rather than using weak encryption (if that is indeed what is happening).
> Maybe it's to prevent a false sense of security, or something.

Are you sure that it's falling back to no encryption?  If it really does
that, then that's pretty crappy behaviour, in my opinion.

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