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Why Android SSL was downgraded from AES256-SHA to RC4-MD5 in late 2010

Mon 14 October 2013
By Sparks

In Information Security.

tags: AESAndroidencryptionRC4SSLConfidentialityIntegrity

Just ran across this article discussing how horrible the cipher preference list is in Android.  That's a lot of bad crypto on the streets right now.

Why Android SSL was downgraded from AES256-SHA to RC4-MD5 in late 2010

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