Comment 2 for bug 493392

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Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur) wrote : Re: Please merge Openssl 0.9.8k-6 from debian testing

openssl advisory:

http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20091111.txt

"The workaround in 0.9.8l simply bans all renegotiation. Because of the
nature of the attack, this is only an effective defence when deployed
on servers. Upgraded clients will still be vulnerable.

Servers that need renegotiation to function correctly obviously cannot
deploy this fix without breakage."