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Subject: Re: How often should an encrypted session be rekeyed? 
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Sean Chittenden writes:
> 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?

"Depends". I recommend the O'Reilly book on OpenSSL for this and
related OpenSSL programming docs.

ISBN: 0-596-00270-X

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