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Re: Padlock Size was Re: so why is IETF stilling adding DES to
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom Weinstein)
Mon Jun 28 21:39:33 1999
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 13:23:38 -0700
From: Tom Weinstein <tomw@geocast.com>
To: Steve Mynott <steve@tightrope.demon.co.uk>
Cc: Nelson Minar <nelson@media.mit.edu>, cryptography@c2.net,
cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Steve Mynott wrote:
>
> There used to be two keys I believe a little (weak) key and a larger (strong)
> key. In the (patched to domestic US strength) version of Netscape I use
> (Linux 4.07) the padlock is always the same size. It may be my version
> is broken.
>
> Anyone with a legit. US browser confirm that this visual cue (icon
> size) has been removed?
Up through 3.0, we used a key with one tooth for weak crypto and a key with two
teeth for strong crypto. In 4.0, the UI people changed it to a padlock.
Although we complained bitterly, they never put in any visual distinction
between weak and strong crypto, although most of the code to do it is still
there.
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