On Mon, Jul 04, 2022 at 01:31:10PM +0100, Ian Abbott wrote:
> On 04/07/2022 13:18, Alexander Dahl wrote:
> > The options for diffie-hellman key exchange were mixed up with message
> > integrity hmacs.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Alexander Dahl <[email protected]>
> > ---
> >   rules/dropbear.in   | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> >   rules/dropbear.make | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> >   2 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/rules/dropbear.in b/rules/dropbear.in
> > index f7f96a762..043b0e76d 100644
> > --- a/rules/dropbear.in
> > +++ b/rules/dropbear.in
> [snip]
> >   config DROPBEAR_CURVE25519
> >     bool
> > -   prompt "curve25519-donna"
> > +   prompt "curve25519"
> >     help
> >       Enable curve25519-donna for key exchange.
> 
> The name in the prompt now differs from the name in the help text, which
> might be confusing.

I'll change the help to match the prompt when I apply this (unless my test
builds find something else that require a v2).

> 
> >       This is another elliptic curve method with good security properties.
> >       This algorithm does not rely on NIST-based curves
> >       and gives us more security confidence against a possible
> >       backdoor in nistp-256 curve.
> > +   
> > +     Small systems should generally include either curve25519 or
> > +     ecdh for performance.
> > +
> > +config DROPBEAR_DH_GROUP1
> > +   bool
> > +   prompt "group1 (legacy, client only)"
> > +   help
> > +     1024 bit, sha1.
> > +     is too small for security though is necessary if you need
> > +     compatibility with some implementations such as Dropbear
> > +     versions < 0.53.
> > +     Client only!
> 
> Missing word "This"?

I'll add it.

Michael

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