From: Bruno Thomsen <bth@kamstrup.com>
To: "ptxdist@pengutronix.de" <ptxdist@pengutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [ptxdist] [PATCH] dropbear: version bump 2014.65 -> 2015.67
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 14:48:41 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <915054555B5659448ACF8A70E114824D01984DDA94@Exchange2010.kamstrup.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150219140925.GL30223@pengutronix.de>
> > +config DROPBEAR_CBC_CIPHERS
> > + bool
> > + prompt "CBC mode ciphers"
> > + default y
> > + help
> > + Enable CBC mode for ciphers. This has security issues though
> > + is the most compatible with older SSH implementations.
>
> In that case, shouldn't this be off by default? Those that still need it can enable it.
I was a bit in doubt about ptxdist default policy was to be fairly secure out-of-box or compatible with old software/equipment.
I'm all in for pushing a strong default security configuration :)
Bruno
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-02-16 15:47 Bruno Thomsen
2015-02-19 14:09 ` Michael Olbrich
2015-02-19 14:48 ` Bruno Thomsen [this message]
2015-03-16 13:29 [ptxdist] [PATCH] Dropbear: " Juergen Borleis
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