removing bdes..

Ian Lepore ian at freebsd.org
Tue Feb 10 18:55:29 UTC 2015


On Tue, 2015-02-10 at 20:52 +0300, Slawa Olhovchenkov wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 09:20:39AM -0800, Gleb Kurtsou wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> 3DES remove too? and how to login users with password in 3DES?
> How to migrate old system with 3DES passwords?

3des != bdes.  

You sure seem to be working hard to invent a problem with a mundane code
cleanup.

-- Ian




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