Viktor Rosenfeld <rosenfel@informatik.hu-berlin.de> wrote: > In this case, blowfish is a nice speed improvement. Any idea, why > it' not the default? I would assume it has something to do with 3des being older. In ssh man-pages it is said, that blowfish _appear_ very secure. I think BSD-folks are just being conservative, as usual. (Which, by the way, is why their products are usually considered very secure.) Suonpää...