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authorBenjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>2015-02-19 22:57:08 (GMT)
committerBenjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>2015-02-19 22:57:08 (GMT)
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remove rc4 from the default client ciphers (closes #23481)
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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/ssl.py b/Lib/ssl.py
index 8c75f00..72115e4 100644
--- a/Lib/ssl.py
+++ b/Lib/ssl.py
@@ -170,14 +170,12 @@ else:
# * Prefer any AES-GCM over any AES-CBC for better performance and security
# * Then Use HIGH cipher suites as a fallback
# * Then Use 3DES as fallback which is secure but slow
-# * Finally use RC4 as a fallback which is problematic but needed for
-# compatibility some times.
# * Disable NULL authentication, NULL encryption, and MD5 MACs for security
# reasons
_DEFAULT_CIPHERS = (
'ECDH+AESGCM:DH+AESGCM:ECDH+AES256:DH+AES256:ECDH+AES128:DH+AES:ECDH+HIGH:'
- 'DH+HIGH:ECDH+3DES:DH+3DES:RSA+AESGCM:RSA+AES:RSA+HIGH:RSA+3DES:ECDH+RC4:'
- 'DH+RC4:RSA+RC4:!aNULL:!eNULL:!MD5'
+ 'DH+HIGH:ECDH+3DES:DH+3DES:RSA+AESGCM:RSA+AES:RSA+HIGH:RSA+3DES:!aNULL:'
+ '!eNULL:!MD5'
)
# Restricted and more secure ciphers for the server side