[openssl-dev] 3DES is a HIGH-strength cipher?

Viktor Dukhovni openssl-users at dukhovni.org
Fri Feb 12 20:13:29 UTC 2016


> On Feb 12, 2016, at 1:59 PM, Short, Todd <tshort at akamai.com> wrote:
> 
> This is a bit contradictory. According to the OpenSSL cipher documentation, HIGH refers to 128-bit, or stronger, ciphers.
> 
> Should 3DES ciphers be moved to the MEDIUM category?

3DES is an MTI ciphersuite for TLS, so it must stay HIGH for now.

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	Viktor.



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