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[Mutt] #3247: mutt: should provide options for cipher selections



#3247: mutt: should provide options for cipher selections
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 Reporter:  antonio@xxxxxxxx  |       Owner:  mutt-dev
     Type:  enhancement       |      Status:  new     
 Priority:  minor             |   Milestone:          
Component:  crypto            |     Version:          
 Keywords:                    |  
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 Forwarding from http://bugs.debian.org/481500

 {{{
 When authenticating against a dovecot IMAP server, mutt now uses AES128,
 not AES256.  There is no reason that mutt should use a weaker cipher.
 This problem has occurred before and upstream provided the rationale
 that other parts of the cryptosystem are weaker than the 256-bit
 symmetric cipher, so there is no real gain in security.  However, that
 is no reason to deliberately cripple one part of the cryptosystem, and
 256-bit AES is only slightly slower than 128-bit AES (I know, I've
 implemented both).
 }}}

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