Re: The "Secure" version of Netscape for Linux is *NOT*

[Alan Olsen <alano@teleport.com>]

At 08:31 PM 8/1/96 -0700, Alan Olsen wrote:
>At 05:25 PM 8/1/96 -0700, Tom Weinstein wrote:
>>Alan Olsen wrote:
>>> 
>>> I just installed the "secure" version of Netscape off of the "US Only"
>>> download site.
>>> 
>>> Seems that it is actualy the international version and not the 128 bit
>>> version.
>>
>>What makes you think you got the export version?
>>
>>Here's one way to find out.  If you look in the Security Preferences
>>panel under the Options menu, there are two "Configure" buttons for
>>configuring what ciphers are enabled for SSL 2 and SSL 3.  The domestic
>>version supports a greater variety of options, including triple DES.
>
>I connected to my site running Stronghold 1.3b1.  Only got 40 bit
>encryption.  I then connected to Netscape's Store site.  Only got 40 bit
>encryption.  I checked the info box (or about box, I don't remember which)
>for the connection and it claimed to be running the "exportable" version.
>(The Win95 version connects properly to both sites with no tweaking needed.)
>
>I will double check, but neither site would connect with 128 bits straight
>out of the tar file.

My apologies to everyone involved!

I fucked up!

There was a period of time between when I downloaded and when I installed.
The version I installed was not the one I installed from the secure site.
(I had thought I had not downloaded the 3.0b5 version for Linux, except for
the secure version.  It seems that I had downloaded it when the first
version of 3.0b5 came out, not the 3.0b5a version...)

Sorry again!

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