Re: IPCop IPSec w/ DES_CBC

Eric Shubert <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.ipcop.devel
Organization Eric Shubert & Associates
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 06/26/2012 08:08 AM, Eric Shubert wrote:
> Is it possible to build an IPCop with IPSec that supports the DES_CBC
> encryption algorithm?
>
> DES_CBC is what the iPad/iPhone native IPSec implementation appears to
> be using:
> pluto[21485]	"StephIPad"[4] 174.26.92.118 #4: OAKLEY_DES_CBC is not
> supported. Attribute OAK LEY_ENCRYPTION_ALGORITHM
>
> TIA for any pointers.
>

I see now that des_cbc is insecure. Openswan could be build with a 
USE_WEAKSUFF?=true setting, but that would not be advisable.

Pardon the noise as I sort this stuff out.

-- 
-Eric 'shubes'


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