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Re: 128 bit or 40 bit?

To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: 128 bit or 40 bit?
From: Bill Stewart <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 10:24:59 -0700
In-Reply-To: <67ee9e3cc8499f9d72a11a2df56c48fe@anonymous>
Sender: [email protected]


At 02:35 AM 9/17/98 +0900, Anonymous wrote:
>
>Being outside North America, I have an "export" version of 
>Internet Explorer/Netscape Navigator. These offer 40 bit 
>encryption. (40 bit RC4, I understand).
>
>
>My financial institution has a 128 bit Verisign certificate.
>To my surprise, they claim this offers 128 bit encryption to /me/.
>[in transactions to https://secure.mybank.com.xx]

Odd.  On the other hand, if your Netscape browser does have a 40-bit 
limitation problem, you can fix it by going to www.fortify.net.
				Thanks! 
					Bill
Bill Stewart, [email protected]
PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF  3C85 B884 0ABE 4639

References:
- 128 bit or 40 bit?
  - From: Anonymous <[email protected]>

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