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| author | Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com> | 2019-06-05 22:33:29 -0700 |
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| committer | Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com> | 2019-06-08 18:16:08 -0700 |
| commit | 50a4e00143720ee707905c13aac26d45b1b549e7 (patch) | |
| tree | 6a7aff5b79e836b5ce823c2e20b4faa1a2a7befe /doc/api/crypto.md | |
| parent | cb9232dd84e4f22f72ab2a5c680c6169118be145 (diff) | |
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doc: clarify weak keys text
Describe small key sizes as "too weak for safe use" rather than
"considered to be too weak for safe use".
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/28090
Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <ruben@bridgewater.de>
Reviewed-By: Trivikram Kamat <trivikr.dev@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/api/crypto.md')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/api/crypto.md | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/api/crypto.md b/doc/api/crypto.md index 21df0e5598..1fa0122a51 100644 --- a/doc/api/crypto.md +++ b/doc/api/crypto.md @@ -2807,8 +2807,8 @@ it can be used to put the ECDH key pair into an inconsistent state. The `crypto` module still supports some algorithms which are already compromised and are not currently recommended for use. The API also allows -the use of ciphers and hashes with a small key size that are considered to be -too weak for safe use. +the use of ciphers and hashes with a small key size that are too weak for safe +use. Users should take full responsibility for selecting the crypto algorithm and key size according to their security requirements. |