[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
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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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Ticket URL: <http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3247>
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