Use stronger ciphers in documentation

This will help users pick stronger ciphers if they aren't educated about
encryption gotchas.

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/ext/openssl/ossl.c b/ext/openssl/ossl.c
index 38e650e1..6c76c8e8 100644
--- a/ext/openssl/ossl.c
+++ b/ext/openssl/ossl.c
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ static void Init_ossl_locks(void)
  * ahold of the key may use it unless it is encrypted.  In order to securely
  * export a key you may export it with a pass phrase.
  *
- *   cipher = OpenSSL::Cipher.new 'AES-128-CBC'
+ *   cipher = OpenSSL::Cipher.new 'AES-256-CBC'
  *   pass_phrase = 'my secure pass phrase goes here'
  *
  *   key_secure = key.export cipher, pass_phrase
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ static void Init_ossl_locks(void)
  * using PBKDF2. PKCS #5 v2.0 recommends at least 8 bytes for the salt,
  * the number of iterations largely depends on the hardware being used.
  *
- *   cipher = OpenSSL::Cipher.new 'AES-128-CBC'
+ *   cipher = OpenSSL::Cipher.new 'AES-256-CBC'
  *   cipher.encrypt
  *   iv = cipher.random_iv
  *
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ static void Init_ossl_locks(void)
  * Use the same steps as before to derive the symmetric AES key, this time
  * setting the Cipher up for decryption.
  *
- *   cipher = OpenSSL::Cipher.new 'AES-128-CBC'
+ *   cipher = OpenSSL::Cipher.new 'AES-256-CBC'
  *   cipher.decrypt
  *   cipher.iv = iv # the one generated with #random_iv
  *
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ static void Init_ossl_locks(void)
  *
  * First set up the cipher for encryption
  *
- *   encryptor = OpenSSL::Cipher.new 'AES-128-CBC'
+ *   encryptor = OpenSSL::Cipher.new 'AES-256-CBC'
  *   encryptor.encrypt
  *   encryptor.pkcs5_keyivgen pass_phrase, salt
  *
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ static void Init_ossl_locks(void)
  *
  * Use a new Cipher instance set up for decryption
  *
- *   decryptor = OpenSSL::Cipher.new 'AES-128-CBC'
+ *   decryptor = OpenSSL::Cipher.new 'AES-256-CBC'
  *   decryptor.decrypt
  *   decryptor.pkcs5_keyivgen pass_phrase, salt
  *
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ static void Init_ossl_locks(void)
  *   ca_key = OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new 2048
  *   pass_phrase = 'my secure pass phrase goes here'
  *
- *   cipher = OpenSSL::Cipher.new 'AES-128-CBC'
+ *   cipher = OpenSSL::Cipher::Cipher.new 'AES-256-CBC'
  *
  *   open 'ca_key.pem', 'w', 0400 do |io|
  *     io.write ca_key.export(cipher, pass_phrase)
diff --git a/ext/openssl/ossl_cipher.c b/ext/openssl/ossl_cipher.c
index aa336f35..93cb0ed2 100644
--- a/ext/openssl/ossl_cipher.c
+++ b/ext/openssl/ossl_cipher.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ ossl_cipher_alloc(VALUE klass)
  *  call-seq:
  *     Cipher.new(string) -> cipher
  *
- *  The string must be a valid cipher name like "AES-128-CBC" or "3DES".
+ *  The string must contain a valid cipher name like "AES-256-CBC".
  *
  *  A list of cipher names is available by calling OpenSSL::Cipher.ciphers.
  */