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Date:      Sat, 6 Sep 2014 09:28:33 +0200
From:      Carlo Strub <cs@FreeBSD.org>
To:        jmg@funkthat.com
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: deprecating old ciphers from OpenCrypto...
Message-ID:  <1409988513.269561.213256043.136342.2@c-st.net>
In-Reply-To: <20140905222559.GO82175@funkthat.com>
References:  <20140905222559.GO82175@funkthat.com>

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06/09/2014 00:26 - John-Mark Gurney wrote:

> As I've been working on OpenCrypto, I've noticed that we have some
> ciphers that OpenBSD does not...  As we haven't had a maintainer for
> the code, no one has been evaluating which ciphers should be included...
>=20
> I would like to document the following ciphers as depcreated in 11, and
> remove them for 12:
> Skipjack: already removed by OpenBSD and recommend not for use by NIST
>  after 2010, key size is 80 bits
> CAST: key size is 40 to 128 bits
>=20
> As you can see, both of these ciphers weak and we should not encourage
> their use.  Their removal from OpenCrypto will practically only remove
> them from their use w/ IPSec.  Most other systems are userland and will
> use OpenSSL which is different.
>=20
> It would be possible for parties that need support to make them a
> module, but right now, if you compile in crypto into your kernel, you
> get all of these ciphers...
>=20
> Comments?
>=20
> Thanks.
>=20
> --=20
>   John-Mark Gurney    Voice: +1 415 225 5579
>=20
>      "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."
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>=20


Sounds reasonable.=



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