removing bdes..
Gleb Kurtsou
gleb at freebsd.org
Tue Feb 10 17:19:29 UTC 2015
On (10/02/2015 18:18), Slawa Olhovchenkov wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 09, 2015 at 10:15:02AM -0800, John-Mark Gurney wrote:
>
> > So, I happen to stuble across bdes recently and think we should remove
> > it..
> >
> > I'm fine w/ making it a port so that people who need it can use it...
> >
> > Especially considering:
> > The DES cipher should no longer be considered secure. Please consider
> > using a more modern alternative.
> >
> > Though sadly, that comment was added almost 15 years after DES was
> > brute forced by DEEPCrack.
>
> Clear text also insecure. Do you remove all clear text?
This is rather odd argument ;)
I'm all for removing it. openssl provides file encryption for those who
need it in base.
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