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TNY_122436's avatar
TNY_122436
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May 23, 2016

Disable DES Ciphers

Does anyone know why when I disable the DES cipher, it still shows up? Is there a different way to explicitly disable the DES cipher? These 6 DES at the bottom are still listed: tmm --clientc...
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Yann_Desmarest's avatar
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May 23, 2016

Hi,

I think this is because it's not DES ciphers but 3DES. Try using the following command : 

tmm --clientciphers 'HIGH:!EXPORT:!TLSv1:!TLSv1_1:!DTLSv1:!SSLv3:!3DES'

  • TNY_122436's avatar
    TNY_122436
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    May 23, 2016
    Thanks. Not being a cipher expert, by just looking at the cipher column, I'd assume whatever is listed would be the correct syntax but I guess there are more specifics.