[Pkg-openssl-devel] Bug#766297: Bug#766297: openssl s_client no longer recognizes -ssl3 option

Vincent Lefevre vincent at vinc17.net
Thu Oct 23 07:52:12 UTC 2014


On 2014-10-22 16:00:52 -0700, Nikolaus Rath wrote:
> I don't think if matters if -ssl3 (or -ssl2) is insecure or not.
> 
> Either it should be removed completely (i.e., also from the --help
> output), or it should work. Having it listed in --help but then not
> working does not make sense, no matter how secure or insecure.

and from any provided documentation. For instance, the openssl(1ssl)
man page still says:

  OpenSSL is a cryptography toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer
  (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) network protocols and
  related cryptography standards required by them.

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