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

[Michael Sierchio]

I think you should revert to your earlier comment - that High, Medium, Low
are inherently awful. Maybe color codes? ;-)

I consider 3DES-EDE to be adequately strong. The block size is a problem,
speed in software is a problem, etc. but it has been remarkably resilient
against differential cryptanalysis and other attacks.

- M

On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 1:29 PM, Salz, Rich <rsalz at akamai.com> wrote:

>
> > Well, it would be a major compatibility break for 1.0.2 and earlier, so
> no go
> > there.  As for 1.1.0, folks
>
> Or those who trust us to say what HIGH means should, well, not be lied to.
>
> Something must be changed for 1.1  Either 3DES moves out of HIGH or the
> definition of HIGH as documented in the manpage must change.
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