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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
parentf04abe7d500eeebc078a0ffb0e82997d5f62b2df (diff)
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-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>