From: Greg Hudson Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 23:21:56 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Update DES section in README X-Git-Tag: krb5-1.19-beta1~103 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a39cabf22d4cf347282f3eb612382a707e663adc;p=thirdparty%2Fkrb5.git Update DES section in README --- diff --git a/README b/README index 2cdc86625e..01d087ce43 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -64,14 +64,11 @@ and using the "Guest Login" button. Please note that the web interface to our bug database is read-only for guests, and the primary way to interact with our bug database is via email. -DES transition --------------- +DES no longer supported +----------------------- -The Data Encryption Standard (DES) is widely recognized as weak. The -krb5-1.7 release contains measures to encourage sites to migrate away -from using single-DES cryptosystems. Among these is a configuration -variable that enables "weak" enctypes, which defaults to "false" -beginning with krb5-1.8. +Beginning with the krb5-1.18 release, single-DES encryption types are +no longer supported. Major changes in 1.19 ---------------------