PuTTY wish ssh2-ctr-modes

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summary: SSH-2 CTR cipher modes
class: wish: This is a request for an enhancement.
difficulty: fun: Just needs tuits, and not many of them.
priority: medium: This should be fixed one day.
fixed-in: 2005-04-29 (0.59) (0.60)

The Internet Draft draft-ietf-secsh-newmodes specifies a new symmetric-encryption mode for SSH that doesn't suffer from the flaws described in ssh2-cbc-weakness. The relevant ones (3des-ctr, aes128-ctr, aes192-ctr, aes256-ctr, blowfish-ctr) are now implemented in PuTTY.

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(last revision of this bug record was at 2005-10-30 20:31:28 +0000)