GNU bug report logs - #15057
24.3.50; TLS error with reasonably high gnutls-min-prime-bits

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <n.mavrogiannopoulos <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 15057 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 16253 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Roland Winkler <winkler <at> gnu.org>, 11267 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#15057: bug#11267: bug#15057: 24.3.50; TLS error with reasonably high gnutls-min-prime-bits, 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, 11 Feb 2014 20:29:09 -0800

Ted Zlatanov <tzz <at> lifelogs.com> writes:

> If we provide that simple UI, plus some help messaging, I think we can
> disable DHE by default.  Based on Nikos' explanation, it seems to be the
> best way forward.

But why would we disable DHE?  Prefer ECDHE over DHE, certainly, but I
don't understand disabling...

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