[Libreoffice] [PATCH/REVIEW-3-4] Backport reading AES-encrypted ODF 1.2 documents (as genereated by LibO 3.5)

Cor Nouws oolst at nouenoff.nl
Mon Nov 21 03:05:31 PST 2011


Michael Stahl wrote (19-11-11 18:18)

>> So for the release notes something as follows would be appropriate:
>> In LibreOffice 3.5 a new stronger encryption will be introduced. As
>
> am not sure "stronger" is appropriate here, AFAIK the main motivation
> for the change was that the new algorithm (AES) is "standard" and
> implemented by others like Microsoft as well while the old one
> (Blowfish) is not; there is no serious weakness with Blowfish that users
> should be aware of.

So then it could read:

"In LibreOffice 3.5 a different, more often used encryption will be 
introduced. ..."

OK?

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