[102963] in Cypherpunks
Re: 128 bit or 40 bit?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Stewart)
Fri Sep 18 02:52:06 1998
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 10:24:59 -0700
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
From: Bill Stewart <bill.stewart@pobox.com>
In-Reply-To: <67ee9e3cc8499f9d72a11a2df56c48fe@anonymous>
Reply-To: Bill Stewart <bill.stewart@pobox.com>
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, bill.stewart@pobox.com
PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639
