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<title>Crypto Policy</title> | |||
<para>Beginning in Fedora 21, a system-wide crypto policy will be available for users to quickly setup the cryptographic options for their systems. Users that must meet certain cryptographic standards can make the policy change in <filename>//etc/crypto-policies/config</filename>, and run update-crypto-policies. At this point applications that are utilize the default set of ciphers in the GnuTLS and OpenSSL libraries will follow the policy requirements.</para> | |||
<para>The available options are: (1) LEGACY, which ensures compatibility with legacy systems - 64-bit security, (2) DEFAULT, a reasonable default for today's standards - 80-bit security, and (3) FUTURE, a conservative level that is believed to withstand any near-term future attacks -128-bit security. These levels affect SSL/TLS settings, including elliptic curve, signature hash functions, and ciphersuites and key sizes.</para> | |||
<para>Additional information on this new feature can be found on the <ulink url="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/CryptoPolicy">CryptoPolicy Changes wiki page</ulink>.</para> | |||
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<title>Crypto Policy</title>
<para>Beginning in Fedora 21, a system-wide crypto policy will be available for users to quickly setup the cryptographic options for their systems. Users that must meet certain cryptographic standards can make the policy change in <filename>//etc/crypto-policies/config</filename>, and run update-crypto-policies. At this point applications that are utilize the default set of ciphers in the GnuTLS and OpenSSL libraries will follow the policy requirements.</para>
<para>The available options are: (1) LEGACY, which ensures compatibility with legacy systems - 64-bit security, (2) DEFAULT, a reasonable default for today's standards - 80-bit security, and (3) FUTURE, a conservative level that is believed to withstand any near-term future attacks -128-bit security. These levels affect SSL/TLS settings, including elliptic curve, signature hash functions, and ciphersuites and key sizes.</para>
<para>Additional information on this new feature can be found on the <ulink url="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/CryptoPolicy">CryptoPolicy Changes wiki page</ulink>.</para>