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| author | Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@gnutls.org> | 2015-03-07 19:58:00 +0100 |
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| committer | Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@gnutls.org> | 2015-03-07 19:58:00 +0100 |
| commit | 9a3982620ea3c1c906cf8ddad60aa7f2df7e6e45 (patch) | |
| tree | 6ff3f7da55581da547a18c86a7f13cc1eda5cca6 /doc/cha-gtls-app.texi | |
| parent | b097948b9207115f2f889d3ff585acdf2513a4d3 (diff) | |
| download | gnutls-9a3982620ea3c1c906cf8ddad60aa7f2df7e6e45.tar.gz | |
expand on SECURE256 being an alias to SECURE192
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diff --git a/doc/cha-gtls-app.texi b/doc/cha-gtls-app.texi index 1ad2b1524f..0fac444e98 100644 --- a/doc/cha-gtls-app.texi +++ b/doc/cha-gtls-app.texi @@ -986,7 +986,9 @@ The message authenticity security level is of 128 bits or more, and the certificate verification profile is set to GNUTLS_PROFILE_HIGH (128-bits). @item SECURE256 @tab -Currently alias for SECURE192. +Currently alias for SECURE192. This option, will enable ciphers which use a +256-bit key but, due to limitations of the TLS protocol, the overall security +level will be 192-bits (the security level depends on more factors than cipher key size). @item SUITEB128 @tab Means all the NSA Suite B cryptography (RFC5430) ciphersuites |