RFC 8758: Deprecating RC4 in Secure Shell (SSH)
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This document deprecates RC4 in Secure Shell (SSH). Therefore, this document formally moves RFC 4345 to Historic status.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC8758
- Published
- April 2020
- Authors
- L. Velvindron
- Status
- BEST CURRENT PRACTICE
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- sec
- Pages
- 5
- Also known as
- BCP227
- Updates:
- RFC 4253
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