Stunnel encryption level?

Hi,

I just started playing with Stunnel.. It appears to work well but I
can't get much info about the tunnel..

Specifically what level of encryption its using.. If its 40bit or 56bit
then I need to look ate jacking it up to at least 128bit but how do I
tell what it currently is?

If it is less than 128bit what would I need to do to improve it?

Thanks..

On Mon, 17 May 2004 15:27:23 +0100, Me wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I just started playing with Stunnel.. It appears to work well but I
> can't get much info about the tunnel..
>
> Specifically what level of encryption its using.. If its 40bit or 56bit
> then I need to look ate jacking it up to at least 128bit but how do I
> tell what it currently is?

Depends on what you used to create the certificate/key during the
installation/config. stunnel uses openssl, and I *think* openssl will use
128bit encryption by default.

>
> If it is less than 128bit what would I need to do to improve it?
>

Follow the directions to create a new certificate/key, and tell stunnel to
use them instead of the ones previously created.

There are some good sites listed on stunnel's "Related" page, with alot of
good reading :
http://www.stunnel.org/related/


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