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Date:      Sun, 7 Sep 2014 07:00:55 -0700
From:      Paul Hoffman <phoffman@proper.com>
To:        John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: deprecating old ciphers from OpenCrypto...
Message-ID:  <68CF8E05-735F-48D4-9030-A213C09C54F3@proper.com>
In-Reply-To: <20140905222559.GO82175@funkthat.com>
References:  <20140905222559.GO82175@funkthat.com>

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On Sep 5, 2014, at 3:25 PM, John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com> wrote:

> Skipjack: already removed by OpenBSD and recommend not for use by NIST
> 	after 2010, key size is 80 bits

Yes, nuke.

> CAST: key size is 40 to 128 bits

CAST 128 is not weak. Having said that, it is also not used much, and =
has minor (if any) value over AES-128. I can't tell from your message if =
you are leaving CAST >128 in; if so, you should leave CAST 128 in as =
well. If CAST 128 is the max in the module, you can either remove all of =
CAST or leave CAST 128 in, it doesn't matter.

--Paul Hoffman=



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