Clarified current status of RC4 usage

Made clear RC4 has been deprecated by IETF standard, and disabled
by default in the library.
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Simon Butcher 2016-02-13 22:44:49 +00:00
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commit 68c0bd72bc

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@ -2012,11 +2012,13 @@ void mbedtls_ssl_conf_extended_master_secret( mbedtls_ssl_config *conf, char ems
* \brief Disable or enable support for RC4
* (Default: MBEDTLS_SSL_ARC4_DISABLED)
*
* \warning Use of RC4 in (D)TLS has been prohibited by RFC ????
* for security reasons. Use at your own risks.
* \warning Use of RC4 in DTLS/TLS has been prohibited by RFC-7465
* for security reasons. Use at your own risk.
*
* \note This function will likely be removed in future versions as
* RC4 will then be disabled by default at compile time.
* \note This function is deprecated and will likely be removed in
* a future version of the library.
* RC4 is disabled by default at compile time and needs to be
* actively enabled for use with legacy systems.
*
* \param conf SSL configuration
* \param arc4 MBEDTLS_SSL_ARC4_ENABLED or MBEDTLS_SSL_ARC4_DISABLED