We should implement a countermeasure against the predictable-IV CBC

weakness in SSL/TLS

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   OpenSSL STATUS                           Last modified at
 
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-  ______________                           $Date: 2002/02/09 01:49:53 $
+  ______________                           $Date: 2002/02/13 10:21:25 $

 
   DEVELOPMENT STATE
 
 
   DEVELOPMENT STATE
 


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   NEEDS PATCH
 
 
   NEEDS PATCH
 

+    o  An (optional) countermeasure against the predictable-IV CBC
+       weakness in SSL/TLS should be added; see
+       http://www.openssl.org/~bodo/tls-cbc.txt
+

     o  All 'openssl' subprograms taking '-des' and '-des3' options should
        include AES support (0.9.7-dev)
 
     o  All 'openssl' subprograms taking '-des' and '-des3' options should
        include AES support (0.9.7-dev)