Google strengthens its SSL configuration against possible attacks

[Lee J <lee () riskbasedsecurity com>]

http://www.infoworld.com/d/security/google-strengthens-its-ssl-configuration-against-possible-attacks-231188

Google replaced the SSL certificates for its online services with new ones
that use stronger, 2048-bit RSA keys, making encrypted connections to its
sites safer against so-called brute-force attacks.

The company announced in May that it would increase the key length for its
SSL certificates from 1024 bits to 2048 bits by the end of 2013.

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