[Buildroot] [PATCH v2] dropbear: Disable legacy/insecure options

Baruch Siach baruch at tkos.co.il
Tue Jul 3 04:25:26 UTC 2018


Hi Stefan,

On Mon, May 07, 2018 at 02:28:44PM +0200, Stefan Sørensen wrote:
> Dropbear by default enables a number of algorithms that are now considered
> insecure and should only be used when legacy support is required:
>    3DES encryption
>    Blowfish encryption
>    SHA1-96 message integrity
>    CBC encryption mode
>    DSA public keys
>    Diffie-Hellman Group1 key exchange
> 
> So disable them by default, but add a config option for bringing them back.
> Furthermore the Blowfish legacy algorithm is unconditionally disabled
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Sørensen <stefan.sorensen at spectralink.com>

Reviewed-by: Baruch Siach <baruch at tkos.co.il>

baruch

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