'Predictably random' public keys can be cracked - crypto boffins

The Register reports about public keys who can be cracked because poor random-number generation algorithms led to shared prime factors in key generation. The SSL protocol itself is not the problem but the bad choice of random numbers which appear not be that random at all. Two per thousand keys are affected which is a lot observering the growing number of keys used today. Vendors have been warned but how many will take action for existing customer installations? Undoubtly to be continued!