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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Message #37 received at 11267 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ted Zlatanov <tzz <at> lifelogs.com>
To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.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: Tue, 15 May 2012 04:24:56 -0400

On Sun, 13 May 2012 21:04:24 +0200 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> wrote: 

LMI> "Roland Winkler" <winkler <at> gnu.org> writes:
>> Also, it would be good (though I don't know whether a generic answer
>> is possible) to give some guidance on "reasonable" values for
>> `gnutls-min-prime-bits' as compared to cases where it would be
>> better to contact the sysadmin of the server requesting a change in
>> the setup of the server.

LMI> Yeah.  And I think `gnutls-min-prime-bits' should default to whatever
LMI> that "reasonable" is, because there's apparently quite a few servers out
LMI> there that has less bits than whatever the GnuTLS default is.  Which
LMI> isn't a very good user experience.

I'm OK with lowering it to 256.

Ted

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