From: Noam Postavsky Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2018 21:57:05 +0000 (+0200) Subject: (Network Security): Fix the description of the 3DES weakness X-Git-Tag: emacs-27.0.90~4768 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=190a45f201a9ae41c241a93f4b58c7e60b7a1c59;p=emacs.git (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