On 10/8/13, Yawning Angel <[email protected]> wrote: > * Lee <[email protected]> [2013-10-07 21:49:29 -0400]: >> On 10/7/13, Yawning Angel <[email protected]> wrote: >> > * Lee <[email protected]> [2013-10-07 15:58:19 -0400]: >> >> Isn't it time to quit using DES? >> >> >> >> Finally gave TBB a try (version 2.3.25-13), seems to me that the >> >> firefox component needs a lot of hardening. >> > >> > DES != 3DES, and supporting 3DES suites is standard across major >> > browsers. >> >> Right. But is it still safe to use? > > Why wouldn't it be?
It's old, NIST ran a competition to find a successor to DES/3DES & selected AES about 13 years ago & I haven't read anything _recommending_ the use of 3DES in I don't know how many years. To get back on-topic -- isn't it time to disable 3DES in TBB? If not, why not? Thanks, Lee -- tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] To unsusbscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
