BCP 227, RFC 8758 on Deprecating RC4 in Secure Shell (SSH)

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A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries.

        BCP 227        
        RFC 8758

        Title:      Deprecating RC4 in Secure Shell (SSH) 
        Author:     L. Velvindron
        Status:     Best Current Practice
        Stream:     IETF
        Date:       April 2020
        Mailbox:    logan@cyberstorm.mu
        Pages:      5
        Updates:    RFC 4253
        See Also:   BCP 227

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-curdle-rc4-die-die-die-18.txt

        URL:        https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8758

        DOI:        10.17487/RFC8758

This document deprecates RC4 in Secure Shell (SSH).  Therefore, this
document formally moves RFC 4345 to Historic status.

This document is a product of the CURves, Deprecating and a Little more Encryption Working Group of the IETF.


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