Viktor gave some excellent advice. I'd tweak it by removing 'export' as something to support. And perhaps use weak, good, strong -- whatever, keep the number of choices very small. I'd suggest to not use "default" since folks will get upset if it changes. They are more accepting if the definition of 'strong cipher' changes with time. It's curious, but it's the way humans seem to work.
The openssl cipher spec is pretty darn subtle and it is far too easy to get wrong. /r$ -- Principal Security Engineer Akamai Technology Cambridge, MA ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org