RE: Pre Master Secret Regarding

2010-04-05 Thread Bob Bell (rtbell)
] On Behalf Of Aravinda babu Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 6:39 AM To: openssl-users@openssl.org Cc: openssl-...@openssl.org Subject: Pre Master Secret Regarding Hi all, During SSL/TLS handshake,a pre master secret is sent from client to the server by encrypting pre master secret with

RE: Pre Master Secret Regarding

2010-04-03 Thread David Schwartz
Aravinda babu wrote: > During SSL/TLS handshake,a pre master secret is sent from client to the > server by encrypting pre master secret with server's public key. > From that both client and server derive master secret and finally one > symmetric key. My doubt is, why both cannot use pre master se

Pre Master Secret Regarding

2010-04-03 Thread Aravinda babu
Hi all, During SSL/TLS handshake,a pre master secret is sent from client to the server by encrypting pre master secret with server's public key.From that both client and server derive master secret and finally one symmetric key.My doubt is, why both cannot use pre master secret itself as a symmet