Stephen Henson via RT writes: > The S/MIME utility uses S/MIME v2 (PKCS#7) which are both rather ancient and > S/MIME v3 (CMS) is preferred. > > CBC mode is all that is supported for S/MIME. Traditionally there were two > algorithms supported for S/MIME v2 40 bit RC2 and triple DES. For maximum > compatibility I'll change the default to triple DES.
Wow, I didn't realize that. That sounds like the best choice under the circumstances! (Are non-CBC modes supported in S/MIME v3?) -- Seth Schoen <[email protected]> Senior Staff Technologist https://www.eff.org/ Electronic Frontier Foundation https://www.eff.org/join 815 Eddy Street, San Francisco, CA 94109 +1 415 436 9333 x107 ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org Development Mailing List [email protected] Automated List Manager [email protected]
