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Internet Explorer SSL Handshake

Subject:Internet Explorer SSL Handshake
Posted by:"Daniel McCann" (dmcca..@lde-innovations.com)
Date:Thu, 6 Apr 2006 21:28:55

Does anyone know how Internet Explorer generates its symmetric keys for SSL?
Which function calls are made?  I was under the impression it used
CryptDeriveKey during the SSL handshake to get the keys, but I only see one
call to CryptDeriveKey in my IE trace, and it happens when IE first loads,
not when an SSL connection is negotiated.  This is a bit of a head-scratcher
for me and any help would be greatly appreciated.

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