On 23 May 2015 17:03:21 BST, Rainer Jung <rainer.j...@kippdata.de> wrote:
>mod_ssl dropped support for EXPORT ciphers in Apache 2.4 some time ago 
>and will also drop it in Apache 2.2 in the sonn to be released next
>version.
>
>I applied a similar change to tcnative trunk and would also like to 
>apply it to 1.1.
>
>Note that "drop support" would mean you can no longer enable export 
>ciphers. Even if you do they will simply not get advertised to the 
>client because the code filters them out. This is not just a question
>of 
>defaults but whether export ciphers should be available or not.
>
>The change in question is
>
>     http://svn.apache.org/r1681147
>
>In the light of the downgrade attacks that were invented I have a 
>tendency to drop support completely. Other opinions?
>
>Regards,
>
>Rainer
>
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+1.

>From a purely personal perspective I suspect this change will cause me more 
>work when I want to enable export ciphers for testing. I'll cope. 

For end users I can't see any reason to ever enable these so happy from them to 
go.

Mark

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