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From: Sean Chittenden <sean@chittenden.org>
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Subject: How often should an encrypted session be rekeyed?
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Using OpenSSL, is there a preferred/recommended rate of rekeying an
encrypted stream of data?  Does OpenSSL handle this for developers
behind the scenes?  Does it even need to be rekeyed?

Thanks in advance.  -sc

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Sean Chittenden

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