[tbb-bugs] #17374 [Tor Browser]: Disable 1024-DH Encryption by default

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#17374: Disable 1024-DH Encryption by default
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 Reporter:  cypherpunks  |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect       |         Status:  new
 Priority:  High         |      Milestone:
Component:  Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal       |     Resolution:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 Replying to [comment:3 yawning]:
 > What is suggested will force correct behavior in the latter case, at the
 expense of not being able to connect at all to servers exhibiting the
 former behavior.  This is a usability vs security tradeoff, and my concern
 would be that people fall back to plain http when they can't reach a site
 over https (No crypto vs theoretically/speculatively weak crypto).

 Are there any estimates on how many servers (and which) use the weaker
 encryption by default? If it is only a small portion (and no major sites,
 only obscure rarely visited ones), I'm sure the security tradeoff is very
 much worth it.

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