Sotirov and Applebaum's (redacted) Internet vulnerability, published tomorrow at CCC

Getting sick of Internet-ending vulnerabilities yet? Of course not! Especially when there's a redacted abstract to pick apart and guess on!

A slice of context: neither Sotirov nor Applebaum would bank their reputations on a publicity stunt; they're both well-respected.

Is it SSL? Then why does the redacted text say "even so-called secure...". Is it a js/DOM issue? Then what's the word "infrastructure" doing there?

I'm feeling mildly Thawte about this. The attack was impractical before, exploits known weaknesses, but is possible now that [redacted], and leaves a criminal in possession of something. Known weaknesses that haven't been probed well feels maybe RNG-y. Maybe you can request a zillion personal Thawte certs and bust a pool of entropy.

Some more interesting context, this time by HD Moore from Metasploit/Breakingpoint:

http://www.breakingpointsystems.com/community/blog/Attacking...

Some more hints: http://events.ccc.de/2008/12/30/the-cat-is-out-of-the-bag/

Prepare to be astonished.