From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 02:54:42 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Mention new NSM warnings X-Git-Tag: emacs-27.0.90~1328^2~122 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ac77e62b23a2745bdb0dab41f5e91002b67ed4f1;p=emacs.git Mention new NSM warnings --- diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index a4a11cc787a..cd474640392 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -275,7 +275,8 @@ variable. +++ ** TLS connections have their security tightened by default. Most of the checks for outdated, believed-to-be-weak TLS algorithms -and ciphers are now switched on by default. By default, the NSM will +and ciphers are now switched on by default. (In addition, several new +TLS weaknesses are now warned about.) By default, the NSM will flag connections using these weak algorithms and ask users whether to allow them. To get the old behavior back (where certificates are checked for validity, but no warnings about weak cryptography are