From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2018 21:57:05 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: (Network Security): Fix the description of the 3DES weakness
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(Network Security): Fix the description of the 3DES weakness

* doc/emacs/misc.texi (Network Security): Fix the description of
the 3DES weakness.
---

diff --git a/doc/emacs/misc.texi b/doc/emacs/misc.texi
index 78f28ccfad9..e178d3f3476 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/misc.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/misc.texi
@@ -379,8 +379,8 @@ will be made, in addition to the above:
 
 @table @asis
 @item @acronym{3DES} cipther
-The @acronym{RC4} stream cipher is believed by some to be of low
-quality and may allow eavesdropping by third parties.
+The @acronym{3DES} stream cipher provides at most 112 bits of
+effective security, which is considered to be towards the low end.
 
 @item a validated certificate changes the public key
 Servers change their keys occasionally, and that is normally nothing