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| author | Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com> | 2018-06-24 23:57:05 +0200 |
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| committer | Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> | 2018-06-24 23:57:05 +0200 |
| commit | 190a45f201a9ae41c241a93f4b58c7e60b7a1c59 (patch) | |
| tree | 7f93ce84e4b33d2d2ea429725abb945ec2055991 | |
| parent | 5a285a4db97d88cfd7a2320e33542a0afe695665 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-190a45f201a9ae41c241a93f4b58c7e60b7a1c59.tar.gz | |
(Network Security): Fix the description of the 3DES weakness
* doc/emacs/misc.texi (Network Security): Fix the description of
the 3DES weakness.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/emacs/misc.texi | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/emacs/misc.texi b/doc/emacs/misc.texi index 78f28ccfad9..e178d3f3476 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/misc.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/misc.texi @@ -379,8 +379,8 @@ will be made, in addition to the above: @table @asis @item @acronym{3DES} cipther -The @acronym{RC4} stream cipher is believed by some to be of low -quality and may allow eavesdropping by third parties. +The @acronym{3DES} stream cipher provides at most 112 bits of +effective security, which is considered to be towards the low end. @item a validated certificate changes the public key Servers change their keys occasionally, and that is normally nothing |