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New Collision Attacks Against 3DES, Blowfish Allow for Cookie Decryption (Threatpost)
2016-08-24 12:00

Researchers have found a new way to recover and decrypt authentication cookies from 3DES and Blowfish protected traffic. In response, OpenSSL is expected to deprecate 3DES' designation from high to medium.


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http://threatpost.com/new-collision-attacks-against-3des-blowfish-allow-for-cookie-decryption/120087/