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authorMatt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>2016-03-03 15:40:51 +0000
committerMatt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>2016-03-04 10:04:06 +0000
commit8b1a5af389fb962c7d00ffc9d003c81078033e7b (patch)
treec8e4ed539f9a711c85cbff3b62b38736b5dd29af /doc/apps
parentf04abe7d500eeebc078a0ffb0e82997d5f62b2df (diff)
downloadopenssl-8b1a5af389fb962c7d00ffc9d003c81078033e7b.tar.gz
Don't build RC4 ciphersuites into libssl by default
RC4 based ciphersuites in libssl have been disabled by default. They can be added back by building OpenSSL with the "enable-weak-ssl-ciphers" Configure option at compile time. Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>
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-rw-r--r--doc/apps/ciphers.pod5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apps/ciphers.pod b/doc/apps/ciphers.pod
index 07c353dd18..344e2188aa 100644
--- a/doc/apps/ciphers.pod
+++ b/doc/apps/ciphers.pod
@@ -144,9 +144,10 @@ When used, this must be the first cipherstring specified.
=item B<COMPLEMENTOFDEFAULT>
The ciphers included in B<ALL>, but not enabled by default. Currently
-this includes all RC4, DES, RC2 and anonymous ciphers. Note that this rule does
+this includes all RC4 and anonymous ciphers. Note that this rule does
not cover B<eNULL>, which is not included by B<ALL> (use B<COMPLEMENTOFALL> if
-necessary).
+necessary). Note that RC4 based ciphersuites are not built into OpenSSL by
+default (see the enable-weak-ssl-ciphers option to Configure).
=item B<ALL>