[102813] in Cypherpunks
128 bit or 40 bit?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anonymous)
Wed Sep 16 13:51:01 1998
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 02:35:01 +0900 (JST)
From: Anonymous <nobody@nowhere.to>
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Reply-To: Anonymous <nobody@nowhere.to>
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]
I thought my 40 bit client limited the security to 40 bits.
Who is right? Please explain.
TIA
