From 02e14a65fd6cc63204b43a79d510e95a63bdd901 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dimitri John Ledkov Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2020 17:55:49 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] man3: Drop warning about using security levels higher than 1. Today, majority of web-browsers reject communication as allowed by the security level 1. Instead key sizes and algorithms from security level 2 are required. Thus remove the now obsolete warning against using security levels higher than 1. For example Ubuntu, compiles OpenSSL with security level set to 2, and further restricts algorithm versions available at that security level. Reviewed-by: Kurt Roeckx Reviewed-by: Ben Kaduk (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/12444) --- doc/man3/SSL_CTX_set_security_level.pod | 6 ------ 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/man3/SSL_CTX_set_security_level.pod b/doc/man3/SSL_CTX_set_security_level.pod index ef59d4eb20b..4b1fef867c9 100644 --- a/doc/man3/SSL_CTX_set_security_level.pod +++ b/doc/man3/SSL_CTX_set_security_level.pod @@ -114,12 +114,6 @@ I =head1 NOTES -B at this time setting the security level higher than 1 for -general internet use is likely to cause B interoperability -issues and is not recommended. This is because the B algorithm -is very widely used in certificates and will be rejected at levels -higher than 1 because it only offers 80 bits of security. - The default security level can be configured when OpenSSL is compiled by setting B<-DOPENSSL_TLS_SECURITY_LEVEL=level>. If not set then 1 is used. -- 2.47.2